CEL + No Code?
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Based on my research, it’s probably a faulty connection at the o2 sensor or ecm. There also seems to be a specific drive cycle related to that o2 sensor code. Given that you tried the earlier drive cycle suggestion in this thread, I’m guessing you havn’t driven the 50 miles (at least) yet.
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Not sure why you’re suspecting this now unless you just read the earlier link I referenced. Thought you already read up on all the posts related to your CEL...
Based on my research, it’s probably a faulty connection at the o2 sensor or ecm. There also seems to be a specific drive cycle related to that o2 sensor code. Given that you tried the earlier drive cycle suggestion in this thread, I’m guessing you havn’t driven the 50 miles (at least) yet.
Based on my research, it’s probably a faulty connection at the o2 sensor or ecm. There also seems to be a specific drive cycle related to that o2 sensor code. Given that you tried the earlier drive cycle suggestion in this thread, I’m guessing you havn’t driven the 50 miles (at least) yet.
Drove the car about 10 miles today. I'll take a 50 mile freeway drive tomorrow to see if that solves it.
Thanks for your help.
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You brought it to Honda, and without doing any real diagnosis, they want to change the most expensive possible component, and hope it fixes the problem?
Prepare to bend over, and stay bent, as they proceed to charge you more and more as each thing they try fails to fix the issue.
If it were, say, a faulty connector in the o2 harness, as one post here suggested, you know how a pocal mechanic would fix that? They'd replace o2 sensor to fix that end of connection, and cut off the connector from cars harness and solder in a new one for the other end.
You know how a dealer fixes such a problem? They replace the whole harness. If that harness is huge, intricate, there is a lot of disassembly all over the car. That could cost many thousands. Thats on top of the 1k+ they're going to charge for the ecu.
Prepare to bend over, and stay bent, as they proceed to charge you more and more as each thing they try fails to fix the issue.
If it were, say, a faulty connector in the o2 harness, as one post here suggested, you know how a pocal mechanic would fix that? They'd replace o2 sensor to fix that end of connection, and cut off the connector from cars harness and solder in a new one for the other end.
You know how a dealer fixes such a problem? They replace the whole harness. If that harness is huge, intricate, there is a lot of disassembly all over the car. That could cost many thousands. Thats on top of the 1k+ they're going to charge for the ecu.
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You brought it to Honda, and without doing any real diagnosis, they want to change the most expensive possible component, and hope it fixes the problem?
Prepare to bend over, and stay bent, as they proceed to charge you more and more as each thing they try fails to fix the issue.
If it were, say, a faulty connector in the o2 harness, as one post here suggested, you know how a pocal mechanic would fix that? They'd replace o2 sensor to fix that end of connection, and cut off the connector from cars harness and solder in a new one for the other end.
You know how a dealer fixes such a problem? They replace the whole harness. If that harness is huge, intricate, there is a lot of disassembly all over the car. That could cost many thousands. Thats on top of the 1k+ they're going to charge for the ecu.
Prepare to bend over, and stay bent, as they proceed to charge you more and more as each thing they try fails to fix the issue.
If it were, say, a faulty connector in the o2 harness, as one post here suggested, you know how a pocal mechanic would fix that? They'd replace o2 sensor to fix that end of connection, and cut off the connector from cars harness and solder in a new one for the other end.
You know how a dealer fixes such a problem? They replace the whole harness. If that harness is huge, intricate, there is a lot of disassembly all over the car. That could cost many thousands. Thats on top of the 1k+ they're going to charge for the ecu.
Talked to a service advisor at Honda and they want $161 just to find the origin of the code.
I really don't want to bring it in but it doesn't look like there's anything else I can do. Don't know if this could cause a CEL but I have an 08 09 cluster on my 04. Also, the dash controls are not plugged in as I'm working with swapping the cluster after smog.
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