Ford Dealer Sentenced For Clean Air Act Violation

Over the past few years, we’ve seen the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ramp up its efforts to crack down on those that delete emissions devices from vehicles, or modify those vehicles in ways that violates emissions standards. This has largely been relegated to the world of diesel engines, as many tuners have been selling vehicle emissions defeat devices for years now. Problem is, those same mods result in those vehicles emitting high levels of pollutants, many of which are directly linked to respiratory diseases. Now, one Ford dealer in particular is experiencing some legal and financial pain from these types of transgressions.

That Ford dealer is Moody Motor Co., Inc. in Niobrara, Nebraska, which has been sentenced in federal court for accessory after the fact to a Clean Air Act violation. The Ford dealer received one-year of probation, plus a fine of $ 39,741.95 and a $125 special assessment for its transgressions. This marks the end of an investigation that began back in early 2022, when the EPA was originally informed that Diesel Performance of Texas (DPTX) was selling tuners and delete kits for diesel models.

After some investigation, the EPA discovered that DPTX had sold 14 of these illegal products to Moody Motors over the course of just under three years, which the dealership proceeded to install on a number of customer-owned vehicles. As such, it was found to be in violation of the Clean Air Act, leading to a rather pricey day in court.

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen the EPA go after diesel tuners, of course, as several others – including EZ Lynk and H&S Performance – have also been accused of selling products that violate the Clean Air Act in recent years, with the latter even going out of business altogether following its legal case.

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