 The Light
Duty Drive Clean program requires most passenger cars, vans,
sport utility and light trucks with gross vehicle weight
under 4500 kilograms (taken from the door post of your
vehicle) registered in the Ontario Drive Clean program area
(northern counties are exempt) to be test in order to renew the
stickers on their license plates (look for the red asterisks on
your renewal form). Light-duty vehicles that are 1988 model
year and newer require testing every two years
beginning in the 5th calendar year after their model year.
1987 and older model years are exempt from testing. As a
consumer protection measure, and emissions test is required for
an ownership transfer for vehicles with a model year older than
the current calendar year. This to ensure that consumers
do not unwittingly purchase a used vehicle with emissions
problems. Again, 1987 and older model years are exempt
form this requirement.
The Heavy Duty drive Clean program
requires large trucks and buses with gross vehicle weight of
more than 4500 kilograms and 5 years or older, to pass
their emissions test each year in order to have their
registration renewed. This applies to diesel-powered
vehicles registered anywhere in Ontario and to
heavy-duty non-diesel vehicles in the areas of Southern
Ontario where light-duty testing is required.
In 2005, an incentive was introduced to
encourage good vehicle maintenance by giving heavy duty diesel
vehicle operators the opportunity to have their vehicle tested
every two years instead of annually. If your vehicle had a
drive clean test with opacity result of 20 per cent or less, you
will be exempt for the next calendar year. (look for
the red asterisks on your renewal form)
Heavy duty vehicles require testing every
year beginning in the 5th calendar year after their model
year. As a consumer protection measure, an emissions test is
required for an ownership transfer for vehicles with a model
year older than the current calendar year.
All pass reports are valid for 12 months
from its date of issue. During that time the registration can be
renewed and ownership can be transferred.
If you want to know the testing history of
a vehicle just to to
www.driveclean.com and enter your vehicles "vin" number.
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