[AT] Right to repair

Tue Nov 26 20:14:47 PST 2019

And sometimes you just need to get your wife/daughters to put the cap on properly. ☹ I found out that on my 2000 Ranger it takes 30 start cycles for it to go off. Now I own a scanner so I can reset any of my 3 vehicles. My 2013 TDi Jetta has had maybe three lights related to glow plugs/coils that seem to come up if my start sequence is whack. A no harm, no foul light. 140,000k and all it's needed is a battery. Well I did at 125K get a light that when I checked the code said the intake manifold needed to be replaced. However since I kept the gross polluter and had VW up/downgrade the software they extended the warranty so it was replaced gratis! Not bad for that much mileage. I would up losing about 2 mpg but I also got $6300 in cash between VW and Bosch. 😊 I love the car. Hope to drive it till I drop. 

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Sometimes all you need to do to fix the engine light, as related to the fuel system, is to get a new gas cap. If it isn’t sealing right it trips the system. Had to do this on a couple of cars a few years back.

Carl

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I had a trouble light come on, on my "new" 2010" Silverado. Turns out there is a sensor hooked to the fuel system that will sense if a whiff of fuel vapor seeps out of the system, for pollution/emission control; note this is not even enough to smell. Meanwhile while I am fueling up, and go to put the nozzle back in the holder, I get a small stream of fuel that spills on the ground.  Do you know how much vapor must be in that stream? It was about a $200 sensor and according to GM can be caused by driving on dusty roads. Imagine that a pickup on a dusty road?

A great use for black electrical tape, if it's running fine.

Mike M

On 11/26/2019 8:58 PM, Ralph Goff wrote:

> 

> On 2019-11-26 2:21 p.m., Phil Auten wrote:

>> 

>> The point of all this is that the weak link in the newer vehicles is 

>> the electronics. They apparently do not understand "worst case design".

>> 

>> Phil in TX

>> 

>> 

>> I've said for some time now that the more electronics on a machine, 

>> the more likely there will be problems I can't fix. I just put in a 

>> few hours on the hammer mill powered by the 66 year old Cockshutt 50 

>> tractor. My old vehicles rarely have electrical problems but my "new"

>> 97 Blazer has had a few bugs. Light switch almost left me without 

>> headlights to drive home one night. Ignition switch failed and barely 

>> got me home another time. The check engine light has been on for 

>> years now but its just the gas cap or vent or some minor thing. ABS 

>> light has been on a while but the brakes work fine. Of course I know 

>> that they are not built to last now. It makes more sense economically 

>> (for the companies) to have them wear/rust out and sell you a new one 

>> every few years.

> Ralph in Sask.

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