RCD Performance has entered into a consent decree with the United States Environmental Protection Agency. RCD ceased manufacturing and selling said subject items in the fall of 2018. If you are a customer who has purchased or used RCD product after Jan 1, 2019 nothing has changed. But if you bought said subject items before this time, please read below.
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Dear Reseller/Customer,
We are writing to make you aware of important changes to the type of products and services sold by River City Diesel LLC, RCD Performance LLC, and Midwest Truck and 4WD Center, LLC (collectively RCD). According to our records, you purchased certain RCD aftermarket performance products. For purposes of this letter, these products are herein referred to as “Subject Products.” As you may already know, starting in 2019, RCD began suspending all manufacturing and sale of Subject Products. RCD suspended those sales because the U.S. EPA alleged that the manufacture and sale of Subject Products violated the Clean Air Act’s prohibition on the manufacture, sale, offer for sale, and installation of any part or component intended for use with a motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine, where a principal effect of the part or component is to bypass, defeat, or render inoperative emission control devices or elements of design, such as diesel particulate filters, exhaust gas recirculation systems, catalysts, and onboard diagnostic systems. See 42 U.S.C. § 7522(a)(3). Emissions control devices include the diesel particulate filters (DPFs), exhaust gas recirculation (EGRs) systems, catalysts, and onboard diagnostic system. Motor vehicle emissions controls are important for the protection of public health and the environment. RCD recently entered into a civil judicial settlement with the United States regarding the manufacture, sale, offer for sale and installation of Subject Products. Although RCD has not admitted liability for violating the Clean Air Act, as part of its settlement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, RCD has agreed to, among other things:
1. No longer manufacture, sell, offer to sell, or install these Subject Products or other products that have a principal effect of bypassing, defeating or rendering inoperative any emissions control device or element of design installed in or on a motor vehicle in the United States.
2. No longer providing technical support (including user manuals, telephone support, online/chat support, YouTube videos, and warranty support) for these Subject Products; and
3. No longer support warranty claims pertaining to any of these Subject Products. Resellers similarly must not provide technical support for or support warranty claims pertaining to any Subject Products.
As part of the resolution of this litigation, RCD has also agreed to send you this notice.
Dear Reseller/Customer,
We are writing to make you aware of important changes to the type of products and services sold by River City Diesel LLC, RCD Performance LLC, and Midwest Truck and 4WD Center, LLC (collectively RCD). According to our records, you purchased certain RCD aftermarket performance products. For purposes of this letter, these products are herein referred to as “Subject Products.” As you may already know, starting in 2019, RCD began suspending all manufacturing and sale of Subject Products. RCD suspended those sales because the U.S. EPA alleged that the manufacture and sale of Subject Products violated the Clean Air Act’s prohibition on the manufacture, sale, offer for sale, and installation of any part or component intended for use with a motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine, where a principal effect of the part or component is to bypass, defeat, or render inoperative emission control devices or elements of design, such as diesel particulate filters, exhaust gas recirculation systems, catalysts, and onboard diagnostic systems. See 42 U.S.C. § 7522(a)(3). Emissions control devices include the diesel particulate filters (DPFs), exhaust gas recirculation (EGRs) systems, catalysts, and onboard diagnostic system. Motor vehicle emissions controls are important for the protection of public health and the environment. RCD recently entered into a civil judicial settlement with the United States regarding the manufacture, sale, offer for sale and installation of Subject Products. Although RCD has not admitted liability for violating the Clean Air Act, as part of its settlement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, RCD has agreed to, among other things:
1. No longer manufacture, sell, offer to sell, or install these Subject Products or other products that have a principal effect of bypassing, defeating or rendering inoperative any emissions control device or element of design installed in or on a motor vehicle in the United States.
2. No longer providing technical support (including user manuals, telephone support, online/chat support, YouTube videos, and warranty support) for these Subject Products; and
3. No longer support warranty claims pertaining to any of these Subject Products. Resellers similarly must not provide technical support for or support warranty claims pertaining to any Subject Products.
As part of the resolution of this litigation, RCD has also agreed to send you this notice.