---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 85.2207"
title: "40"
number: "85.2207"
heading: "Onboard diagnostic test standards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/85.2207"
---

# §85.2207. Onboard diagnostic test standards.

- (a) A vehicle shall fail the OBD test if it is a 1996 or newer vehicle and the vehicle connector is missing, has been tampered with, or is otherwise inoperable.
- (b) A vehicle shall fail the OBD test if the malfunction indicator light (MIL) is commanded to be illuminated and it is not visually illuminated according to visual inspection.
- (c) A vehicle shall fail the OBD test if the MIL is commanded to be illuminated for one or more diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs), as described in [40 CFR 86.1806](/cfr/40/86.1806.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 79 FR 23684, Apr. 28, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.