(a) To ensure uniform and consistent inspection, tests, and repairs by all qualified smog check technicians and licensed smog check stations, and to ensure consumer protection, manufacturers of motor vehicles shall provide, or cause to be provided, all emission control system service information that is necessary to properly inspect, test and repair those vehicles. Unless otherwise provided, that information shall be required for all 1980 and newer model-year vehicles and shall consist of all of the following: (1) General specifications showing the make, model, and classification of the vehicle. (2) The identification, location, and description of all emission control equipment on the vehicle. (3) The manufacturerâs recommended visual and functional inspection procedures for each emissions-related component. (4) Air injection and evaporative emission purge strategies. (5) All vehicle manufacturer-specific data stream information, excluding bidirectional control information and reprogramming information unless required by state or federal statute or regulation. (b) Beginning with the 1998 model year, all emissions-related information required by this section, including diagnostic, service, and training information supplied by vehicle manufacturers to any franchised dealer, shall be provided in an electronic format that is readily accessible, or that can be made readily accessible, to private diagnostic assistance service information vendors or intermediaries, if that information is provided or made available in this format by manufacturers to dealers. In determining the allowable format, the state board shall ensure compatibility with any service information format requirements specified by the Environmental Protection Agency. (c) (1) The state board shall require motor vehicle manufacturers to provide the service information necessary to comply with this section as a condition of certification. (2) Should the manufacturer fail to provide the service information necessary to comply with subdivision (a) for any vehicle within an engine family within one year of its retail introduction, the state board may withhold certification for all engine families for subsequent model years, until such time as the manufacturer provides the necessary service information. (3) The department shall periodically conduct surveys to determine whether the service information and tool requirements imposed by federal and state law are being fulfilled by actual field availability of the information and tools. (d) The manufacturer shall make accessible, through the vehicleâs standard data link, the version number or part number of the vehicleâs current computer memory program to allow smog check technicians to determine if the manufacturerâs most up-to-date program is installed in the vehicleâs computer. This requirement shall apply to all vehicles with reprogrammable computer memory in the vehicleâs computer beginning with the 1999 model year. Until the manufacturer provides an electronic computer program identifier system, the manufacturer shall use a mechanical identification system to identify the computerâs current program. (e) (1) Those manufacturers that do not use reprogrammable technology for the vehicleâs computer shall use either a mechanical or electronic identification system to identify the current program of the vehicleâs computer. (2) The manufacturer shall also provide or cause to be provided an engine family reprogramming cross-reference to aid smog check technicians in determining the proper computer memory program for that engine. The cross-reference shall either be published by the manufacturer or made available to private diagnostic service information vendors or intermediaries for compilation and distribution. (f) (1) The information required to be provided under this section shall be limited to only that information which is made available by manufacturers to franchised dealers or other persons engaged in the re
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