[AT] Right to repair

[Mike M]

Thanks, but after 37 years of driving I think I can handle a gas cap.
Interesting with 200K miles my wife's car, same year, 2010 Camry has
never blown a code. As soon as I don't need a pickup, no more domestics
for me.

Mike M

On 11/26/2019 11:14 PM, bradloomis at charter.net wrote:
>
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com <mailto:meulenms at gmx.com>>
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> Sent: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 21:29:48 -0500 (EST)
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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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