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Archive for October 19th, 2009

If your car does not pass its required smog test, you must repair your car so that it will pass.  Some options to help with the cost of the repair are:

1)      Repair Assistance program

2)      Vehicle retirement program

3)      Repair cost waiver

Repair Assistance:  This option allows qualified motorists to receive up to $500.00 in emissions-related repairs from the state.  All participants must take their vehicles to Smog Check repair stations specifically authorized by the state to perform repair assistance services.Through the repair assistance program, you can get up to $500 in emissions related repairs if you qualify.  To qualify, your household income cannot be more than 185% of the Federal Poverty guidelines.

Income-Eligible – Motorists whose household income is at or below 185% of the federal poverty guidelines qualify for repair assistance.  For example, a family of four whose income does not exceed $2,629 per month, or $31,543 per year, would qualify for repair assistance.  Qualified consumers must pay the $20 towards diagnosis and/or emission-related repairs before the state makes it contribution of up to $500.

Test-Only State Referral – Certain vehicles are required to have their Smog Check inspections at stations that perform only tests, and no repairs.  This requirement is indicated on the vehicle’s DMV registration renewal notice.  Motorists whose vehicles fall under these criteria also qualify for repair assistance.  Qualified consumers must pay the first $100 towards diagnosis and/or emissions-related repairs before the state makes it contribution of up to $500.  (Note:  test-only referrals that qualify should apply for Income Eligible assistance.)

Vehicle Retirement: This option is available to motorists who want to voluntarily retire their vehicles to the state rather than repair them.  Eligible consumers can receive $1,000 in exchange for their vehicles.  Vehicle are retired at one of the state’ authorized dismantlers.

Repair Cost Waiver: This option is available to motorists who either do not qualify for repair assistance or choose not to retire their vehicles.  It allows a vehicle to be registered without passing its Smog Check inspection by providing a temporary (two-year) extension of time to complete all emissions-related repairs.  To qualify, at least $450 is emissions-related repairs must be made to the vehicle at a licensed Smog Check station.  Motorists may only use the waiver once during ownership of the vehicle.

Due to the extended operational range of the remote control, it could be possible to unintentionally lock or unlock the vehicle by pressing the transmit button.The vehicle doors, trunk, storage compartment in armrest, and fuel filler flap can be centrally locked and unlocked via remote control.

1. Transmit button
* Locking
* Unlocking
2. PANIC button
3 .Release button for master key
4 .Transmitter eye and lamp for battery check

Unlocking:
Press transmit button . All turn signal lamps blink.once to indicate that the vehicle is unlocked.
The remote control can be programmed for two kinds of unlocking modes (see below):
Selective unlocking mode –
Press transmit button unlock once to unlock driver’s door, storage compartment in armrest, and fuel filler flap.Press transmit button  twice to unlock both doors, storage compartment in armrest, fuel filler flap, and trunk.
Global unlocking mode –
Press transmit button OE once to unlock both doors, storage compartment in armrest, fuel filler flap, and trunk.

1. Only three of 20 car brands, Fiat, Citroen and Renault are on track to meet the 140 g/km commitment. Ford and Peugeot are almost on track. Fiat has already achieved the 140 g/km objective.
2. The top five were also relatively good performers in 1997, and yet still managed to reduce their CO2 emissions significantly.
3. Seven brands are more than 50 per cent off track – they have reduced less than 50 per cent of their interim reduction target.
4. The two best-selling brands, Volkswagen and Renault, also fierce competitors,have a starkly different performance. Although Volkswagen started off with better CO2 figures than Renault (170 and 173 g/km respectively) the brand now has a much poorer performance because it reduced its fleet average emissions by less than half the rate Renault achieved (11 vs 25 g/km respectively over the period)
5. Japanese and Korean brands generally have a disappointing performance. They do not appear in the top-six, and the three worst performers are all Japanese brands.
6. Specifically, Toyota, the biggest Japanese brand, appears only at number seven in the ranking, despite the high profile of their fuel-efficient ‘hybrid’ technology on several models such as the ‘Prius’. This shows that ultimately it is fleet-wide emissions reductions that count, not the introduction of a few models that perform much better than average.

This supplemental restraint system section contains important information concerning the driver and passenger supplemental air bags. The supplemental restraint system air bags can help reduce impact force to the
driver and front passenger in certain frontal collisions. The supplemental air bags are designed to supplement the crash protection provided by the driver and front passenger seat belts and are not a substitute for
them. Seat belts should always be correctly worn and the driver and front passenger seated a suitable distance away from the steering wheel and instrument panel. See ‘‘Seat belts’’ for instructions and precautions
on seat belt usage later in this section.

WARNING

The supplemental air bags ordinarily will not inflate in the event of a side
impact, rear impact, roll over, or lower severity frontal collision. Always
wear your seat belts to help reduce the risk or severity of injury in various kinds of accidents.

The seat belts and the supplemental air bags are most effective when you are sitting well back and upright in the seat. Supplemental air bags inflatewith great force. If you are unrestrained, leaning forward, sitting sideways or out of position in any way, you are at greater risk of injury or death in a crash and may also receive serious or fatal injuries from the supplemental air bag if you are up against it when it inflates. Always sit back against the seatback and as far away as practical from the steering wheel or instrument panel. Always use the seat belts.

Keep hands on the outside of the steering wheel. Placing them inside
the steering wheel rim could increase the risk that they are injured when the
supplemental air bag inflates.