[s-cars] Re: S-CAR-List Digest, Vol 16, Issue 32

[Robert Rossato]

To the best of my knowledge that was for US market only.  OBD II was a requirement for model year '96 and subsequent, which is where the 12/31/95 cutoff date for US bound S6s comes in.  Anything built prior to 1/1/96 could still be labeled as a '95 or '95.5, and wouldn't need to meet the '96 model year requirements.  Since the '96 & '97 S6 was never imported to the US, it didn't have to meet OBD II.  Otherwise they would have most likely continued to sell them in the US and the '95.5s with their unique serial number series would never have existed.

Bob


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "RM" <waves at epix.net>
> It was a federal regulation that all cars sold in the US (possibly North 
> America) had to have OBD-2. There were no exceptions, other than perhaps 
> some unusual ultra-low production vehicles or soemthing running on fuel 
> other than gasoline.
> 
> Rolf
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gabriel Caldwell" <gabriel at ts.bc.ca>
> To: "RM" <waves at epix.net>; <Mtgadbois at aol.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 3:09 PM
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Re: S-CAR-List Digest, Vol 16, Issue 32
> 
> 
> I don't think the '96 and '97 S6's were OBDII complaint.  They had an
> OBDII style connector but the car was not OBDII compliant.
> 
> Gabriel Caldwell
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RM [mailto:waves at epix.net]
> Sent: March 10, 2005 12:43 PM
> To: Mtgadbois at aol.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Re: S-CAR-List Digest, Vol 16, Issue 32
> 
> There were a handfull of I5's obd2 compliant, mainly the 96-up S6's
> which
> were made into 1997 I believe. They are very rare however. I also dont
> think
> that 12/31/95 was that critical, rather any car dubbed as a 1996 MY car
> had
> to have OBD-2 electronics.
> 
> Rolf
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Mtgadbois at aol.com>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Cc: <mark.pollan at mci.com>; <waves at epix.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 2:32 PM
> Subject: Re: S-CAR-List Digest, Vol 16, Issue 32
> 
> 
> > Gentlemen:
> >
> > Please correct me if I am wrong, but I thought no I5 engines were
> OBD-II
> > compliant.  The reason being that Audi did not want to pay to certify
> the
> > engine.  The beginning date for OBD-II was model year 1996 or
> manufactured
> > after 12/31/95.
> >
> > Mark near Chicago