Eddie, just wait until your Launch tool arrives. Depending on when it arrives, you can clear the codes. But before you clear the codes, get the Freeze Frame data and write the info down before you clear the codes. Then watch the Emission Readiness Monitors, once all but 2 are Passed/Clear, make sure you do not have an Pending codes and take the vehicle for inspection, it should pass. Then focu
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anonimnyy Rossii Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hey OP, PM me. > > > I have a module for sale, it will make it so you > can pass emissions. > > > > I have been running straight pipes and illegal > mods for over 10 years, thanks to my engineering > abilities. > > > You plug the module into your OBD port, the modu
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XXxxxxyyyyy Wrote: > > No, because the stickers for the emission go on > the license plates. When you buy the car, the > plates stay with the previous owner. So that means > you have to go get the emissions inspection done, > get your stickers and put them on your new plate > from the DMV. The Emission Inspection has nothing to do with the license plate stickers. The Emissi
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Smoky Yunick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I "think" that If the sale is made within 30 days > of the emissions inspection the emissions > inspection can follow the car to a new owner. And > there is a time period that when it is to soon to > get a emissions test before the tags go out and I > think it might be 30 days before. > > But m
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Smokey Yunick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > xv4dM Thanks for your explaining the real time > and freeze features, The 50 dollar Actron tool I > have does not have any of that as you already know > but others may not is just a code reader that > tells the user what the code is but nothing as to > why the code occured and you have to know "why"
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MCNc4 Wrote: > What is the OP supposed to do with that tool? Even > if he clears the codes dont they just come back? > Ive got a similiar problem with my ford. So here is the deal, without your own tool you are in the dark. The OP needs to find the narrow windows where all but 2 of the Emission Readiness Monitors have set but no Pending or Active codes have set and then take the car in
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Uh... Wrote: > sorry meant to say, "When you BUY a new or used > car, you still have to get the emissions tested." Been too long since I was an Emission Inspector so it is not clear in the state of VA if the Emission Test is transferable. I do not think the Emission Inspection is transferable, as I recall it is tied to the registered owner? Probably not the best method, however, since Emi
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considerselling Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I appreciate your money is tight but Id strongly > advise getting rid of this vehicle and purchasing > something less likely to blow up. The reviews on > Edmunds are not good. Lots of troubles with this > make and model most of which would total your > vehicle. Im worried that unless you know for
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yuGVN Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > couldn't he just get a P.O. Box in Warrenton or > some place in Fauquier county, update his DMV > profile saying that vehicle is garaged there and > not have to worry about the emissions? The OP "could" possibly do this, however, there is a fundamental issuer here that the car needs to be "repaired". If the OP co
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Wait a Minute! Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Didn't Eddie Spaghetti say that he cleared the > codes at Auto Zone and the check engine light went > off, and then when he went back to get it > inspected, the mechanic told him that the error > message was still present in the vehicle's ECM > residual memory? Doesn't that mean if he clears it >
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