GM guys - monitors not ready, won’t pass inspection

[oldag]

Buy a Ford?

Won't have to worry about passing the inspection. It won't even make it to the inspection station...

 

[Brains]

Buy a Ford?

I mean, sure. Just have to tow off the smouldering mess after it catches fire in the driveway.

 

[pronstar]

Don't ever say that. There used to be a bar in Phoenix, and most big cities I suspect called Mr fat fingers. You can guess what type of bar it was. 7st and camelback. There was/is a Dennys at 7st and camelback. You go there at 1 Am and you would think you were in a real life version of the worst replay of rocky horror pictures show meets drag queen dating hour.

So don't say fat finger. Ewe. Sends shivers down my spine. I was a security guard at the church at 18 and went in there at 1230 one morning for lunch. Dennys not the ghey bar. Anyways I looked up at 105 and the doors opened and they piled in.

Check please. I got out of there as fast as my puckered exit only door would let me waddle.. like good ol tone loc said homey don't play with no Oscar Meyer weiner. Ain't no plans with a man.

At least no one asked if they could help push your stool in

 

[msharley]

Won't have to worry about passing the inspection. It won't even make it to the inspection station...

I mean, sure. Just have to tow off the smouldering mess after it catches fire in the driveway.

 

[msharley]

Im having trouble getting my 2015 Silverado 5.3 inspected. I haven’t done anything to the truck but over the course of a year (since my last inspection) my monitors are showing not ready.
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This happened last year, but i was able to get them going by following this drive-cycle procedure:

General Motors (GM) OBD-II Driving Cycle | Car OBD Diagnostics, ECU Chip Tuning & Auto Repair Support

But now, I’ve put two drive cycles on it and still no luck. Any insight into what i can do?

Can HP Tuners override these “not ready” indicators so i can get this truck to pass the OBDII test?

Any insight you can share is most appreciated…

All kidding aside (the Ford vs Chevy vs Mopar is all for LAUGHS!)...

Ford has an "issue" with the seatbelt thing a ma jig...not grounding correctly...sends some weird "codes"...had to replace the passenger side on one Crown Vic, and the driver's side on a "RustAnG" (mustang)...something in the "roller" went haywire...got the cornfuzer all messed up...

Sure that Chevy does too...

Pretty sure the "Big Three" share engineering staff...Well look who dropped by! The lead engimcneer his own self!

 

[msharley]

Edit:
It’s 4 years old years old

I’m going to check the voltage and also a ground wire on the head, evidently all of these monitors might share the same ground

Have had a couple Chevy's....(yep, even admitting it hurts)....

The ground strap from the engine? Make sure both ends are clean. I use COPPER SHIELD anti seize on the threads when installing.

Also? Where the cable attaches to the engine block...

Am fortunate. Here there is a battery shop that actually MAKES battery cables.

Your cables (one or the other?) may be deteriorating .....say it has 200 strands? and 50 of them are busted? You can not see the damage.

I replace my cables every so often...5 or 6 years?

Here? We have road salt & winter to deal with...the "brine" gets up on everything and the corrosion game starts..

Best of luck.

(no tail pipe sniffing, in the county I currently reside....)

 

[pronstar]

Since my registration is due, i’m gonna register it at my niece’s place in San Antonio, since Bexar County has no smog requirement.

We have a family AirBnb on Canyon Lake for the next 4 days so the timing works out, as i need to physically have the truck inspected there.

This will give me some time to figure out what the dealio is with the truck.

 

[candcallen]

At least no one asked if they could help push your stool in

Insert puke emoji here.

Many many many times.

 

[robertc1024]

We have a family AirBnb on Canyon Lake for the next 4 days ...

Going out there Sunday. I'll holler if I see ya.

 

[red442joe]

I had a college scholarship to a degree program in automotive sponsored by any number of manufacturers. I turned it down cause the auto electric computer future of automotive repair. That just wasn't for me.

Good luck. Repairing cars is nothing like it was in the 80s.

I went for religious studies instead. That didn't work out too well either. Go figure. Maybe it's time to go back to school. Give 2 or 3 years and I'll figure it out for ya.

I got tired of automotive B.S. in the late '90's. I coulda went for Religious Studies, too.

Joe

 

[msharley]

Insert puke emoji here.

Many many many times.

Lots of enthusiasm!

 

[pronstar]

Going out there Sunday. I'll holler if I see ya.

cool!
Me, wifey, au pair and 2 kids will be in San Antonio near the riverwalk on saturday and sunday, then canyon lake monday and tuesday.

if your hear screaming kids it might be us

 

[TheDan]

i need to physically have the truck inspected there

You don't actually need it inspected in the county you register it in, although that is a common assumption. The inspection station goes off the address on your insurance paperwork. They put that address in their computer and it tells them what to test. If the address is in a non-emissions county it skips the monitor check.

 

[pronstar]

You don't actually need it inspected in the county you register it in, although that is a common assumption. The inspection station goes off the address on your insurance paperwork. They put that address in their computer and it tells them what to test. If the address is in a non-emissions county it skips the monitor check.

seriously? i’m gonna head over and check it out now thank you!!!

 

[TheDan]

seriously? i’m gonna head over and check it out now thank you!!!

My experience is that most inspection places don't even know, so you might have to ask them to just humor you and put your address in their machine to see if it works.

Best thing to do is never goto the inspection only places and find an actual mechanic with functional brain cells that just happens to also do inspections.

 

[pronstar]

My experience is that most inspection places don't even know, so you might have to ask them to just humor you and put your address in their machine to see if it works.

Best thing to do is never goto the inspection only places and find an actual mechanic with functional brain cells that just happens to also do inspections.

So i went by two shops, one being the first that failed me earlier.

Both said the same thing:
An emission county can do an inspection, but they’re gonna plug into the OBD port regardless, because that’s how their systems are setup. The computer can’t get to the next step without plugging in first.

Since Bexar isn’t an emission county, can y’all confirm that they don’t plug into the OBD port? Because this damn truck is gonna fail if they do…

 

[TheDan]

They always plug into the OBD port. It's the tests that the computer runs that matter. The monkey working the computer doesn't even matter, provided they type your address in right. I do this every year, man

 

[pronstar]

They always plug into the OBD port. It's the tests that the computer runs that matter. The monkey working the computer doesn't even matter, provided they type your address in right. I do this every year, man

well shit, it still might not pass then if my monitors are still showing not ready?

I can’t imagine what else the obd test is looking for?

i might need to save my pennies for HP Tuners…

 

[TexasRedneck]

So i went by two shops, one being the first that failed me earlier.

Both said the same thing:
An emission county can do an inspection, but they’re gonna plug into the OBD port regardless, because that’s how their systems are setup. The computer can’t get to the next step without plugging in first.

Since Bexar isn’t an emission county, can y’all confirm that they don’t plug into the OBD port? Because this damn truck is gonna fail if they do…

I can speak for Guadalupe - they don't. Per my oldest boy, Bexar County doesn't, either.

 

[pronstar]

I can speak for Guadalupe - they don't. Per my oldest boy, Bexar County doesn't, either.

yeah the texas dmv site only indicates OBD test for emission counties…

i was sorta hoping these emission issues would be in my rear-view mirror once i left CA