Failed emissions test!
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Racer
Joined: Mar 2013
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From: MD
Failed emissions test!
2014 coupe 19000 miles on it.
Inspector hooked up OBDII cable and he said he couldn't see enough data stored???? I couldn't understand not enough data with 19XXX miles on the car????? I've never seen any trouble code or tuned in any way. bone stock. anyone had any issue getting the car inspected??
Inspector hooked up OBDII cable and he said he couldn't see enough data stored???? I couldn't understand not enough data with 19XXX miles on the car????? I've never seen any trouble code or tuned in any way. bone stock. anyone had any issue getting the car inspected??
Safety Car
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From: St. Louis Metro East IL
Totally normal.
I had the same issue on another car. I had let the battery run down a couple weeks before trying to get an emissions check. I hooked up to the ODBII connector and looked at status with Torque Lite. A couple of the status indicators (one was O2 sensor) were NOT READY. It took a couple weeks of normal driving for all status indications to be READY and then the car passed inspection.
Ron
I had the same issue on another car. I had let the battery run down a couple weeks before trying to get an emissions check. I hooked up to the ODBII connector and looked at status with Torque Lite. A couple of the status indicators (one was O2 sensor) were NOT READY. It took a couple weeks of normal driving for all status indications to be READY and then the car passed inspection.
Ron
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Racer
Joined: Mar 2013
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From: MD
no battery was never disconnected. Dealer changed my oil 2 months ago. invoice didn't indicate no ECU update. If the dealer disconnected my battery for some reason, will my seat memory still function as before?
Safety Car
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I know that window indexing needs reset after power interruption. I don't recall if seat memory is affected. Do you leave anything plugged in when the car is off? Dash cam? V4 range deactivation module? Phone? My problem was due to leaving a dash cam plugged in - pulled down car battery that way and caused my problem.
Melting Slicks
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From: Las Vegas Nevada
It can be their machine too. I had the same problem on a 350Z. The tech said it didn't have enough "drive cycles" to get a reading. So, I showed him the info on my CAMP2 display and on the dashboard lights. We then disconnected the batter with my main switch and I showed him the difference. He said, "Hmmm.." and gave me my money back. I went to a different station after 10 drive cycles and it was fine.
This is something new they are programming into the SMOG machines to stop people from clearing MIL codes right before getting tested. They now check to make sure you have ____ number of drive cycles logged to make sure you aren't hiding any problems.
This is something new they are programming into the SMOG machines to stop people from clearing MIL codes right before getting tested. They now check to make sure you have ____ number of drive cycles logged to make sure you aren't hiding any problems.
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In MD, this has been a problem for quite some time.
Highly annoying to fill up a day or two before your VEIP cert expires, and have the dreaded gas cap CEL, or take the car in for service the week before for something that required the battery to be disconnected. The car has to be free of codes for quite some time/miles/ignition cycles here if you expect to pass emissions.
I made sure I had two weeks after anything was done to it, when I took my '14 in for it's first VEIP inspection (every two years in MD)
Highly annoying to fill up a day or two before your VEIP cert expires, and have the dreaded gas cap CEL, or take the car in for service the week before for something that required the battery to be disconnected. The car has to be free of codes for quite some time/miles/ignition cycles here if you expect to pass emissions.
I made sure I had two weeks after anything was done to it, when I took my '14 in for it's first VEIP inspection (every two years in MD)
Last edited by owc6; Aug 3, 2016 at 09:34 PM.
