- Jurisdiction
- California
Good afternoon,
I'm the second owner of a 2006 Subaru outback 3.0. my car feels smog and on the smoke report it says that I'm eligible for PZEV for up to 150,000 miles. My odometer reading is at 138k. When I first called the dealership they said they would honor it but when I went in they said that it's only covered for up to 80,000 miles and that is true for federal EPA emissions but not in California and a few other states where it's up to 150,000. I went to a second Subaru dealership and I was told the same. I called the corporate office again and they tried to tell me that it was 150k miles or 10 years whichever comes first. I wrote them back saying that PZEV clearly states that it's is covered for either 10 years or 150k miles. The specialist replied back apologized and said that I was correct. However now he is saying that only 2.5 liter engines are covered but not 3.0 and that is also false.
My question is how do I prove once and for all without question that my car is actually PZEV. Is there a way to find out whether it is or isn't PZEV compliant using the VIN # database?
I'm the second owner of a 2006 Subaru outback 3.0. my car feels smog and on the smoke report it says that I'm eligible for PZEV for up to 150,000 miles. My odometer reading is at 138k. When I first called the dealership they said they would honor it but when I went in they said that it's only covered for up to 80,000 miles and that is true for federal EPA emissions but not in California and a few other states where it's up to 150,000. I went to a second Subaru dealership and I was told the same. I called the corporate office again and they tried to tell me that it was 150k miles or 10 years whichever comes first. I wrote them back saying that PZEV clearly states that it's is covered for either 10 years or 150k miles. The specialist replied back apologized and said that I was correct. However now he is saying that only 2.5 liter engines are covered but not 3.0 and that is also false.
My question is how do I prove once and for all without question that my car is actually PZEV. Is there a way to find out whether it is or isn't PZEV compliant using the VIN # database?