If he returns the CAI to stock and it still fails then it would be the dealerships problem. The other modifications do not affect emissions

 

And even that doesn't make sense unless he damaged the MAP sensor (it's on the back of the intake I think) which I doubt because he'd have his check engine flashing or on. That could cause some probs but I would think you would be able to smell strong fumes at your exhaust and maybe run rough. But like ArticWolf says, check your air temp sensor and also make sure your pvc hose it tight as well, other than that I don't know, I guess we'll find out soon enough... bigred3297, why would a Mopar CAI conflict with the warranty...I don't know, I'm just asking?

 

Duh...is it because I can, lol?

 

That's not really true. If you're vehicle isn't registered in MD, then they can't do anything about it. Just as long as you're following the rules for whatever state you are registered in. Chances are the MD cops don't know the regs for any other states.

 

When you cross that border into another state you are bound by their laws, period... Speaking from experience on this. If a cop sees something and sees that you're outta state he might be more understanding particularly if you're just passing through and they deem it's a borderline issue/non issue, but they definately don't have to be.

Example, when I was in the military many years ago I got pulled over in my little S10 while travelling on the interstate and I was not speeding. I got pulled over because of all things the right height and the window tint. Truck had Arizona plates on it, got 2 tickets in Virginia one for window tint and the other because of bumper height (truck was lowered about 4 in the front and 5 in the rear so it was low but not insane the metal part of the bumper was about 12" off the ground and in Virginia the lowest part of your metal front bumper on a truck can't be lower than 14"). Wasn't even stationed in Virginia. I thought the same thing you did "I'm not even stationed in this state this is BS, I'm gonna fight this". Took leave and went back down and fought the tickets and lost. Being I took the time and money to come back down to Virginia I politely requested an explaination from the Judge. Now I'm recalling the explaination from about 10+ years ago so my memory isn't spot on word for word but this is the jist of it.


Things are kinda hard to enforce on out of state vehicles because of registration deals, inspection, emissions, etc, and how some states require emissions some don't blah blah, but here is what it boils down to. If an officer sees something "safety" related on your vehicle that isn't up to snuff they can jack you up on it reguardless of where you live. Most states consider exhaust a "safety" item. Virginia considered the ride height and tint as safety issues. Which gave the officer all the reason he needed to cite me.

Yes, an officer usually will just look at it and if it's marginally close just let it go (most of them are actually reasonable people) but you get the idea.

 

You may be right kossuth, except it's not all about highway safety. They may claim the laws are all about safety but what it boils down to is the good ole American dollar. Most cities pass fraudulent laws to feed their high dollar spending sprees. They focus more on petty **** that brings in good revenue and neglect the real purpose of being there...to protect and serve. They put most of the force in traffic for the cash flow and few in the neighborhoods to protect from burglars, and violent crime. And as far as emissions go, I don't think that they mess with people too much if the violation is not visible or physical like sound. First of all they need a reason to stop you and second when in cases like yours...they prefer a double whammy or even triple bogey, like taking you to jail, lol! EDIT: I should add that it's not the public servants (police) fault, you can blame that on the mayors, governors, officials and politics.

 

There are all kinds of reasons you can fail an emission inspection. What in particular failed in the inspection? It will say on teh receipt they gave you.

 

...and three are major contributors that should be listed on the failed report that should help somewhat to identify the problem so what's on it?

 

I would like to see your air bag setup. Which ones do you have? Which compressor? Pics of the controls?

 

Yeah I'm in the military as well, and I've driven a few vehicles in states they weren't registered in. Maybe I'm just lucky, but the cops don't ever seem to mess with me about the tent or exhaust. I've been pulled over for speeding and they ask about the tent. I just tell them it's legal in the state I had it registered in. It seems weird that you could just be driving through a state in a perfectly legal vehicle from another state and get pulled over and ticketed. I would have done the samething though. I would have fought it til the end. Depending on the state, I wouldn't have paid the fines either...lol!