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Old 05-21-2023, 05:22 PM   #10 (permalink)
Ecky
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Originally Posted by Blacktree View Post
If the car is stock, I wouldn't worry about it. What are they gonna do, force you to redesign your car?
Apparently in California.

https://www.drive.com.au/news/hyunda...st-california/

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The US division Hyundai has stepped in to help an i30 Sedan N owner after Californian authorities suspended the performance car's registration for more than four months, claiming its factory-fitted exhaust is “too loud” in certain drive modes.

The owner has since been in limbo as the state referee claimed his car could not be re-tested until he could prove Hyundai had exchanged the exhaust for a quieter one, despite the factory-fitted system being deemed legal by federal regulators.

Over the following two months, the owner was subsequently sent back-and-forth between the head office of Hyundai US and the dealer which sold him the i30 Sedan N, with a case manager from the car-maker eventually stepping in to find a resolution.
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