The Ford F250 you plan on buying must only have the emissions components it
was manufactured with in order to pass California's smog test. You'll have
no problem passing the test as long as no one removed any emissions
components from the Ford truck. California law allows USED trucks to be
brought to and register in California so long as no emissions tampers exist
and the truck's emissions fall within California's set limits. Since it's a
used truck it does not need to have California emissions equipment
installed; only the 49-state legal emissions components it was built with.
Now if this was a new Ford truck you wanted to buy and bring into California
you would need to make sure California emissions equipment were installed.
The underhood emissions label would indicate if the truck is California
emissions equipped. But again this is only if the truck was new.
posted by SmogTips Support
