C. Tampering with Noise Control System
Prohibited
Federal law prohibits the following acts or the causing
thereof:
•
the removal or rendering inoperative by any person,
other than for purposes of maintenance, repair, or
replacement, of any device or element of design
incorporated into any new vehicle for the purpose of
noise control prior to its sale or delivery to the
ultimate purchaser or while it is in use; or
•
the use of the vehicle after such device or element of
design has been removed or rendered inoperative by
any person.
Among those acts presumed to constitute tampering are
the acts listed below:
•
AIR CLEANER
removal of the air cleaner;
removal of the air cleaner filter element from the air
cleaner housing; or
removal of the air ducting.
•
EXHAUST SYSTEM
removal or rendering inoperative exhaust system
components including the muffler or tailpipe.
•
ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM
removal or rendering inoperative the fan clutch; or
removal of the fan shroud.
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