If Anyone Can Tell Me

Kinja'd!!! by "Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
Published 08/31/2017 at 15:30

Tags: partslopnik
STARS: 1


Why a replacement side mirror is needed to fix a check engine light on a Ram Promaster....

Kinja'd!!!

I’ll be plenty impressed.


Replies (26)

Kinja'd!!! "benjrblant" (benjblant)
08/31/2017 at 15:32, STARS: 1

Because Fiat.

Kinja'd!!! "CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
08/31/2017 at 15:34, STARS: 6

Kinja'd!!!

Kinja'd!!! "diplodicus" (diplodicus)
08/31/2017 at 15:34, STARS: 0

Ambient air sensor? I googled

Kinja'd!!! "farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
08/31/2017 at 15:34, STARS: 0

probably shares a fuse box

Kinja'd!!! "Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
08/31/2017 at 15:37, STARS: 1

Fiat Is Always The issue

Kinja'd!!! "Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
08/31/2017 at 15:37, STARS: 0

Cheater :P

Kinja'd!!! "diplodicus" (diplodicus)
08/31/2017 at 15:40, STARS: 0

Why would they put it in the mirror. There is so much ambient air. You could put it practically anywhere.

Kinja'd!!! "EL_ULY" (uly)
08/31/2017 at 15:41, STARS: 0

Volvo and Aston the same way.

Do you know why would a CEL light for an emissions code come on if a Volvo radiator goes bad?

Kinja'd!!! "Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
08/31/2017 at 15:45, STARS: 3

A better question is: Why isn’t it a serviceable part, separate from the mirror?

Kinja'd!!! "Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
08/31/2017 at 15:46, STARS: 1

No clue. I’d believe anything you tell me at this point....

Kinja'd!!! "jimz" (jimz)
08/31/2017 at 15:49, STARS: 0

coolant temperature out of normal operating range.

Kinja'd!!! "EL_ULY" (uly)
08/31/2017 at 15:50, STARS: 1

Some Volvo radiators are lined with air cleaning catalyst material called Premair. There is a sensor tht is stuuck to the fins of the radiator to check its catalyst efficiency. If the material or the sensor fails, you will get a check engine light for emissions systems.

Kinja'd!!! "EL_ULY" (uly)
08/31/2017 at 15:51, STARS: 0

you’d get a thermostat circuit code for that one. I’ve responded to Takuro, it gets pretty odd.

Volvo cars do not really play well with generic OBD codes, they have their own universe of code language that traditional scanners don’t adapt to very well

Kinja'd!!! "Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
08/31/2017 at 15:52, STARS: 0

Kinja'd!!!

Kinja'd!!! "EL_ULY" (uly)
08/31/2017 at 15:56, STARS: 1

lol exactly what our customers say. Especially since it’s on older cars and the radiator cost more than their car is worth. Also their reaction because mechanic shops have already replaced everything in the emissions system trying to solve this. Only a Volvo reader can tell you. It had gotten severly worse as the years go on. Even high end independent shops can’t touch these cars when goofy problems arise. Only those with our licensed scanner that in these new cars are completely wireless. I can lower the windows of a car as soon as it pulls into the service drive. OBD plug? What is that?

Kinja'd!!! "diplodicus" (diplodicus)
08/31/2017 at 16:05, STARS: 2

But how would they sell you a new mirror that way? lol

Kinja'd!!! "Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
08/31/2017 at 16:11, STARS: 1

Holy shit I thought that was a made up example to test his “believe anything you say” theory. No way is that a real thing.

Kinja'd!!! "TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
08/31/2017 at 16:13, STARS: 1

Fiat Is Always Trouble

Kinja'd!!! "Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
08/31/2017 at 16:15, STARS: 1

Feign Ignorance, Acquire Tools.

Kinja'd!!! "benjrblant" (benjblant)
08/31/2017 at 16:23, STARS: 0

Answer: Because Fiat.

Kinja'd!!! "Captain of the Enterprise" (justanotherdayinparadise)
08/31/2017 at 17:22, STARS: 0

Because FCA

Kinja'd!!! "promoted by the color red" (whenindoubtflatout)
08/31/2017 at 18:02, STARS: 1

Wait, you’re telling me that FCA put a critical sensor in an easily breakable part of a commercial vehicle, the vehicle that’s driven harder than a rental?

Why does this not surprise me at all?

Kinja'd!!! "Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
08/31/2017 at 19:36, STARS: 0

o/

Kinja'd!!! "merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc" (merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc)
08/31/2017 at 19:43, STARS: 0

Well at least it’s in the engine bay for the Volvo, still a crazy reason, but more reasonable than the mirror.

Kinja'd!!! "pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
09/01/2017 at 04:30, STARS: 0

That is sheer lunatic engineering

Kinja'd!!! "EL_ULY" (uly)
09/01/2017 at 08:33, STARS: 1

lol yeah but, meh :]