A friend of mine went to get his truck inspected and they said it failed for the following reasons:
Displaying an air conditioning code.
Bad ball joints.
The check engine light is not on. Is there even such a code? I don’t think I have ever heard of one. Also, he just replaced the wheel bearings and says the ball joints were ok. The thing that sucks is that the garage is owned by a relative of his. Do you think this stuff would fail him, or that he is getting ripped off. The truck is a 2002 Ram 1500.
Ball joints are something that can be failed for; they are a safety thing… having one fail at 55mph is NOT fun (ask me how I know???); the AC code is a non-emissions code which is not a reason for failure.
Do they plug into the system, then the computer says if it passes or not?
It should say fail under the obd2 printout of the inspection if that was the case.
As for balljoints, if they are bad then replace them. Allowable wear to one person is different than another one.
My mechanic says that if the part is about to break, or is not doing its purpose in the suspension and it is going to cause a safety issue then it won’t pass.
But parts will wear, and not be like brand new and still pass.
Ball joints ARE part of NYSI, if they are EXCESSIVELY worn or disconnected or broken, they fail. they are allowed to have some play but if they’re loose enough that it visually affects your alignment, then they can fail. What sucks about NYSI is that it’s all play on words and is up to the inspector.
LOL visually out of alignment= Broken and spindle laying on the ground.
You cant tell me that you can see a 1/4-1/2" of alignment out from standing in front of the car. If you can you should apply at hunter engineering to be a human alignment machine