I ask this because I recently took my car in for emissions at a friends work, and he said he wouldn't do it because the machine now reads VINs out of the ecu and when the state gets the info they will think he is running a crooked shop because the test is for a "97 civic" but the ecu is a "97 integra". Is there anyway this is true or is this BS. Thanks

 

i'm pretty damn sure thats bullshit... it might on newer 05+ behicles or something but not on older modles

 

no. but if your gonna be crooked and run a diff car on a smog machine better make sure it weights the same or close to it.

 

i agree with the above i think its only on the newer cars that will spit out a vin.

 

Thanks for the Answers, it sounds like bs to me too, now I just have to call the DMV to make sure my car doesn't apply.