New Ram California DMV issues

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
My question to the morons in Sacramento is if the door sticker says the truck meets the California Emissions Standards why are they making you go through the testing?

Because the OUT-OF-STATE DEALER most likely did not certify the CA Emissions. They certify that the OBDII was checked and is Ready with no fault codes. That means they plugged in the OBD reader and it said "Ready". This is what the CA inspection did but the computer said "Not Ready".

What could have triggered the not ready was a dealer resetting the computer which wipe out what was stored and has to be made ready again, or most likely in this situation, the battery was disconnected for transport and that caused the computer stored info to be wiped out and now not ready. As a result of not knowing this, the unsuspected buyer went to get an inspection too soon after accepting delivery and the computer had not been driven long enough or was not driven according to the make Ready sequence.

As I posted earlier, I live in a state that likes to do everything opposite of CA (makes fun of CA emissions regulations) and yet if the chip on a vehicle shows Not Ready in those counties with emissions, you fail. Just like CA, it is not an actual test, just plugging in a reader to see if it's ready. And if I asked them what needs to be done, they will just say the vehicle was not driven enough to ready the chip, contact the dealer for specifics.

I find it even more amusing how the dealer was unable to tell the purchaser what the drive cycle is to ready the OBD for emissions. Now that is one bad service department!