Comments on: Do You Make These Mistakes With Your Car? http://blog.motorists.org/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/ News For Drivers Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:16:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jonno http://blog.motorists.org/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/comment-page-1/#comment-12037 Jonno Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:30:06 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/helpful-information/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/#comment-12037 The "do you do things like this to your car" is old hat. How about updating that info thats been rehashed from the past? What sorta neanderthals drive cars in America? I may be sexist and say probably women would do this or the less well of..but what about a feature on safety: How about do you drive like this? No one is a bad driver or are they? The “do you do things like this to your car” is old hat. How about updating that info thats been rehashed from the past? What sorta neanderthals drive cars in America?
I may be sexist and say probably women would do this or the less well of..but what about a feature on safety:
How about do you drive like this?
No one is a bad driver or are they?

]]> By: paul http://blog.motorists.org/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/comment-page-1/#comment-11869 paul Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:03:32 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/helpful-information/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/#comment-11869 if you fix the light so it goes offf, i dont know what year it is but to reset the ecu diconnect the battery and reconect after 10 minnutes, then drive the car for 10 miles not exceeding 45 miles an hour ,i usually go about 40 miles an hou to make sure i dont go over 45.. worked on every casr so far,fixed gm cars that where stalling and surging.. if you fix the light so it goes offf, i dont know what year it is but to reset the ecu diconnect the battery and reconect after 10 minnutes, then drive the car for 10 miles not exceeding 45 miles an hour ,i usually go about 40 miles an hou to make sure i dont go over 45.. worked on every casr so far,fixed gm cars that where stalling and surging..

]]> By: shawn hall http://blog.motorists.org/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/comment-page-1/#comment-7455 shawn hall Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:21:09 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/helpful-information/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/#comment-7455 Russ, come to the great state of Ms. and tag it and get Ms. drivers license. No emissions test here so inspection is easy. Just watch out for our state bird .The mosquito !! sorry about the olds, I love them. Russ, come to the great state of Ms. and tag it and get Ms. drivers license. No emissions test here so inspection is easy. Just watch out for our state bird .The mosquito !! sorry about the olds, I love them.

]]> By: Bob http://blog.motorists.org/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/comment-page-1/#comment-6748 Bob Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:03:13 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/helpful-information/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/#comment-6748 If the check engine light is on then you have a diagnostic code which id's the system malfunction. The light will stay on until the problem is repaired and the code cleared. I am an Olds fanatic and hope GM sinks for destroying the best American car ever but the OBD2 system is pretty efficent and troubleshoots well with the proper equipment. A code reader will ID the code and a scan tool will pinpoint the problem. Any compenant GM service department should be able to id, locate and repair the problem using GM authorized repair and diagnostic procedures. Many aftermarket and independent repair shops do not have the equipment or training to to the job. If your GM dealer service department could not get this done, find a larger dealership with a professional service department. By the way, the drive train and electronics of your Olds are shared technology within General Motors Corporation so any GM dealer service department can service your vehicle. If the check engine light is on then you have a diagnostic code which id’s the system malfunction. The light will stay on until the problem is repaired and the code cleared.

I am an Olds fanatic and hope GM sinks for destroying the best American car ever but the OBD2 system is pretty efficent and troubleshoots well with the proper equipment. A code reader will ID the code and a scan tool will pinpoint the problem. Any compenant GM service department should be able to id, locate and repair the problem using GM authorized repair and diagnostic procedures. Many aftermarket and independent repair shops do not have the equipment or training to to the job. If your GM dealer service department could not get this done, find a larger dealership with a professional service department. By the way, the drive train and electronics of your Olds are shared technology within General Motors Corporation so any GM dealer service department can service your vehicle.

]]> By: Anthony http://blog.motorists.org/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/comment-page-1/#comment-6323 Anthony Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:16:51 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/helpful-information/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/#comment-6323 @Russ Try unplugging the battery and tapping the break a few times. This should reset your ECU. @Russ Try unplugging the battery and tapping the break a few times. This should reset your ECU.

]]> By: Hubcap http://blog.motorists.org/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/comment-page-1/#comment-5917 Hubcap Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:30:26 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/helpful-information/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/#comment-5917 Russ, I'm not a GM guy, so I don't have an answer, but I would suggest starting with the service manager at the dealer, and ask him to get a factory rep involved if it can't be easily fixed. Russ, I’m not a GM guy, so I don’t have an answer, but I would suggest starting with the service manager at the dealer, and ask him to get a factory rep involved if it can’t be easily fixed.

]]> By: Russ http://blog.motorists.org/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/comment-page-1/#comment-5650 Russ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:09:52 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/helpful-information/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/#comment-5650 Does anyone have a solution for having to drive cars 100 plus miles to reset a car's computer (engine check light) before it can pass the NY State inspection? I have been trying to get my 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora pass this inspection. I have had the car to a GM dealer & two other mechanics who can not fix the secondary air emission problem, thus the reset light comes back on every 75 to 100 miles. The out of business Oldsmobile Division has been no help. We have put an additional 500 miles on this car going no where. I understand the computer reset is a typical problem in all cars who have the engine check light on. Any suggestions would be appreciated Does anyone have a solution for having to drive cars 100 plus miles to reset a car’s computer (engine check light) before it can pass the NY State inspection? I have been trying to get my 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora pass this inspection. I have had the car to a GM dealer & two other mechanics who can not fix the secondary air emission problem, thus the reset light comes back on every 75 to 100 miles. The out of business Oldsmobile Division has been no help. We have put an additional 500 miles on this car going no where. I understand the computer reset is a typical problem in all cars who have the engine check light on.
Any suggestions would be appreciated

]]> By: Seth http://blog.motorists.org/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/comment-page-1/#comment-5424 Seth Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:22:43 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/helpful-information/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/#comment-5424 OK, maybe off the blog topic, but that was a great movie. OK, maybe off the blog topic, but that was a great movie.

]]> By: Hubcap http://blog.motorists.org/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/comment-page-1/#comment-5311 Hubcap Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:45:06 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/helpful-information/do-you-make-these-mistakes-with-your-car/#comment-5311 As a 20-year veteran of Ford, I've seen many boneheaded screwups and pulled a few of my own! Probably the most spectacular was back in the 70's when cars had a vacumm-operated automatic park brake release. I would use a hemostat to clamp the vacuum line to that device so I could set the idle speed in drive. One day I guess I just got to moving too fast and removed the clamp before I put the vehicle in park. The car took off and crashed into the dispatch tower send the dispatcher in one direction and everything else in another. There was not a whole lot of damage and no one was hurt, but to this day I cannot see the movie Stripes and watch Sgt Hulka leaping from the exploding tower without thinking of that incident! As a 20-year veteran of Ford, I’ve seen many boneheaded screwups and pulled a few of my own!

Probably the most spectacular was back in the 70’s when cars had a vacumm-operated automatic park brake release. I would use a hemostat to clamp the vacuum line to that device so I could set the idle speed in drive.

One day I guess I just got to moving too fast and removed the clamp before I put the vehicle in park.

The car took off and crashed into the dispatch tower send the dispatcher in one direction and everything else in another.

There was not a whole lot of damage and no one was hurt, but to this day I cannot see the movie Stripes and watch Sgt Hulka leaping from the exploding tower without thinking of that incident!

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