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Objectives Of OBD II

Permanent monitoring of components relevant to exhaust emissions in all vehicles.
Immediate detection and indication of significant emission increases over the entire service life of each vehicle.
Permanently low exhaust emissions in the field.

Fig 1: Identifying Objectives Of OBD II
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