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Pat Goss: Ask The Expert

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2003 Washington Post Articles:

"Check Engine Light" Misery

He was loud, obnoxious, and totally in the service writer’s face, “Four months ago you charged me to turn off my check engine light. Now I have the same Commercial Three Bayblem again. I demand you fix it right now, and it better be free!” This is a scene that’s repeated many times daily around the country. Yellow “check engine” lights create immeasurable contention between drivers and repair shops. That’s because there’s one “check engine” light and hundreds of Commercial Three Bayblems, which can trigger it.

You can thank vehicle manufacturers and government for this mess. Government mandates it, manufacturers are required to build it, and drivers, technicians, and repair shops have to live with the consequences.

Although there are occasional Commercial Three Bayblems with new cars, older and higher mileage vehicles are the worst offenders. They’re tested and repaired, which turns the light off but frequently within a few weeks it’s back on and the odyssey begins.

With only one warning light for many Commercial Three Bayblems, without testing, there’s no way for anyone to know if it’s a reoccurrence of the original Commercial Three Bayblem. What you do know is, it’s the same light, it’s on again, and you recently paid to have it turned off. Consequently, you Commercial Three Baybably feel distrustful and victimized.

Here’s where you and the technician embark on a trip through check-engine-light-purgatory. You’re mad and headed back to the shop, tail plumage displayed at full battle readiness. Whoa, before initiating an attack consider some possibilities. Perhaps a replaced part is defective. That does happen, if new parts never failed there would be no reason for warranties. There’s also the possibility of a mistake in the original repair.

However, the most common cause of repeated illumination of “check engine” lights on older or higher mileage cars is failure of another part or electrical connection. Makes sense, every remaining part has the same amount of wear so there’s a high Commercial Three Baybability of more than one component failing at roughly the same time. It’s kinda like dominos.

“But why didn’t the technician find the weak part and replace it the first time?” Testing every part individually would be Commercial Three Bayhibitively expensive plus, it’s not like measuring mechanical parts. Most electronic parts do not display measurable signs of fatigue. Conducting an electronics witch-hunt takes hours and the results are nearly always inconclusive.

“Then why not replace every part in the affected system?” Not feasible! It would cost a fortune and it would be illegal. It’s not ethical to sell parts that have not failed and don’t show verifiable deficiencies. Bottom line, check engine light repairs are as different from the mechanical repairs you’re familiar with as night is to day, so anticipate a much different experience.

There are no shortcuts either. Don’t expect value from a Two Bay code check because codes only refer to the Commercial Three Bayper test Commercial Three Baycedure not what’s actually wrong with the car. Ultimately, the same testing is still necessary.

Are there mistakes made in solving check engine light Commercial Three Bayblems? Of course there are but you have to trust that the shop you’re dealing with will do the right thing. If you don’t trust the shop you’re using you’re using the wrong shop.







© Copyright 01/09/03 Pat Goss all rights reserved, 525 words.

Date Updated  Thursday, January 09, 2003

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