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2003 I/M Data Summary

Overall Statistics
Description Count %
Total Number of Recorded Vehicles 4,414,588
a. LDVs 4,350,577 98.55
b. HDVs 64,011 1.45
Safety Inspection Only Vehicles 1,092,043 24.74
a. New Vehicles (< 2 Years) 1,069,371 97.92
b. Old Vehicles (Age 25+) 7,652 0.70
c. Diesel-Fueled Vehicles 15,020 1.38
Total Number of Emission Tested Vehicles
(including those changed ownership)
3,806,578
Total Number of Testing Facilities 4,059
Total Number of Inspections 5,282,494
- Offline Transmissions 733,651 13.89
Number of Completed Emission Tests 4,703,620
a. Transient 4,168,146 88.62
- 2nd Chance Transient 548,673
- Idle Tests 535,474 11.38


Other Statistics (from Emission Tested Vehicles)
Description Count % Cost
Changed Ownership 484,033 12.72
Received waivers 5,176 0.14 860.09
Overall Waiver Rate 1.93
Failed the Gas Cap Check 4,262 0.11
Failed ECD Tampering Check 2,267 0.06


LD Fleet Statistics
Description Count % Cost
From Emission Tested LD Vehicles 3,757,190
a. Passed the First Inspection 3,491,171 92.92
- Transient 3,032,379 86.86
- Idle 458,792 13.14
b. Passed the Last Inspections 240,309 6.31 104.55
- Both First and Last Transient 229,210 95.38 106.42
- Both First and Last Idle 5,935 2.47 52.47
- Transient and Idle Mixed 5,164 2.15 81.38
c. Failed the Last Inspection 25,710 0.68 629.88


HD Statistics
Description Count % Cost
From Emission Tested HD Vehicles 49,388
a. Passed the First Inspection 47,200 95.57
b. Passed the Last Inspections 2,057 4.17 80.04
c. Failed the Last Inspection 131 0.27 300.50


Failure Rates and Emission Reductions
Description Count % Cost
From Transient Tested Vehicles 3,291,294
a. Failed 258,915 7.87
b. Average Emission Reductions 106.42
- HC (g/mi) 0.98 74.24
- CO (g/mi) 15.96 80.69
- NOx (g/mi) 1.85 70.88
From Idle Tested Vehicles 515,284
a. Failed 9,292 1.80
b. Average Emission Reductions 7,936 56.80
- HC (ppm) 311 79.73
- CO (%) 1.75 85.37
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