Truck maker Navistar International Corp. built thousands of heavy-duty trucks in 2010 with engines from 2009 that didn’t comply with stricter government regulations on exhaust pollution, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday against the company.

The complaint said the Lisle, Ill., company sold about 7,750 diesel engines in violation of EPA emissions standards that took effect Jan. 1, 2010.

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