California CARB requirements

If your truck is a 2007, then usually the engine is a year older which will make it a 2006. Check the emissions label. CARB goes by the engines manufactures date, NOT THE YEAR OF THE VEHICLE. And if you do have a 2007 engine with the emssions required for that year YES, your good to 2023 according to the info I recieved from CARB.

 

2006 engine, you need DPF retrofit as of 01/10/14. In other word's your NOT compliant. These regs keep changing. Im just telling you what I have in front of me. Your best bet is to hear it right from the horses mouth which is CARB themselves. They have a 800 number, call and leave your callback info or wait for about an hour on the phone.

 

Maybe...2007-2009 "engines" need to have a particulate matter trap (PM filter) installed on the engine as of January 2014 to be compliant with CARB. Check to see if your truck has a 2007 engine or a 2006. If a 2006 you are good to go, if not, a PM filter is about $15K installed. I know because I've had 2 installed. You can place an order for one with a small deposit and run until the part comes in as long as you have the receipt in the truck. There been such a backlog that it will take 3-6 months to get your part so the DOT has not been issuing fines. Like everything else in California, ARB is a cluster with a number of what-ifs. Here's a link that should help.

http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/onrdiesel/documents/FSRegSum.pdf

 

A 2007 or newer truck with a 2007 or new engine and a DPF is generally good in Calif thru 2020,, Something to check is Calif gives exemptions on older trucks for small fleets.
I have a neighbor that could have gotten an exempting if he was running with his own authority as a small fleet but because he is leased to United Van Lines and they have a lot of trucks he does not qualify for the exemption,,contact CARB they are very helpful quiding you threw all the red tape,,
Rember if you haul in and out of the ports or railyards they have different and more strict regulations

 

If you have a 2006 engine, you need to have a PM filter. You are NOT in compliance with a 2006 engine. In good faith if you plan to have a PM filter installed, a deposit to a certified CARB installer will buy you time. And to the OP, the Emissions label HAS TO BE ON THE ENGINE, thats another NOT in compliant issue if you dont have it on the engine.

 

You are right Diesel Dave. He would NOT be good to go with a 2006 MY engine. Thanks for catching that!

 

This is excellent information. I want to go out on my own, but I am completely bamboozled with the CARB regulations. There are a plethora of 2009 shakers available, but many people say they are only in compliance until 2016. The local shaker dealer isn't sure either. I emailed CARB, but they never wrote back. If I knew I could run a '09 Columbia for sure for the next 5 years, I'd have one. Ive been looking down the gun barrel at 2012 Cascadia's. And my BIGGER question what year refer is CARB compliant, and will remain that way in years to come?