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Cobb Tuning Must Pay $2.9 Million for Making ‘Defeat Devices’


Cobb Tuning says it will continue sales of its Accessport and other performance parts following the settlement.

Prominent performance brand Cobb Tuning has agreed to settle with the United States Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency after being accused of violating the Clean Air Act. The company is the latest in a string of tuners to be targeted over production of “defeat devices,” the sale of which has forced the closure of multiple major parts manufacturers and retailers. The feds dealt Cobb $2.9 million in civil penalties “based on the company’s limited ability to pay,” and the EPA ordered the firm “to stop the manufacture and sale of defeat devices.”

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