New E-test: Not Ready = No pass
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From: Kamurocho
New E-test: Not Ready = No pass
For those of you that didn't know, the new E-test is done by your ECU.
Many of us disconnect the battery for storage over the winter which as you know resets the ECU. You will not pass Emission if your battery has been disconnected recently. The test will come back as - NOT READY
It has to run through "cycles" for the ECU to become ready. Just driving around for a bit is not enough. Most people say a couple of days, but I have also heard that after the car has sat for 8 hours if you start it up and run the AC and rear defogger for 3 minutes, then do 20 minutes of highway driving then 20 minutes of city driving it should be ready.
My car did not pass because it was not ready. I sold it straight from winter storage and I had my battery out. Now it has to be driven around to become ready.
Just a heads up for those who may be thinking of getting emission tested right out of storage.
Many of us disconnect the battery for storage over the winter which as you know resets the ECU. You will not pass Emission if your battery has been disconnected recently. The test will come back as - NOT READY
It has to run through "cycles" for the ECU to become ready. Just driving around for a bit is not enough. Most people say a couple of days, but I have also heard that after the car has sat for 8 hours if you start it up and run the AC and rear defogger for 3 minutes, then do 20 minutes of highway driving then 20 minutes of city driving it should be ready.
My car did not pass because it was not ready. I sold it straight from winter storage and I had my battery out. Now it has to be driven around to become ready.
Just a heads up for those who may be thinking of getting emission tested right out of storage.
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correct monitor status has to be "ready", my shop has had nightmares with this, usually if a car fails and the customer drives 20-30 kms home then 20-30kms back the next day, the monitor status will be complete
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06+, if you have FlashPro, just set is all to ready and it will pass.
For everyone else if you fail the first time, return in 24 hours, if you fail again, a new option pops up immediately on the drivetest system and it uses the tailpipe standard for testing.
For everyone else if you fail the first time, return in 24 hours, if you fail again, a new option pops up immediately on the drivetest system and it uses the tailpipe standard for testing.
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Does the owners manual state how to do a drive cycle on the car? I cant find mine, and am bringing it out this weekend and doing the etest on saturday.
Anyone care to flip through their AP1 OM?
I've heard all sorts of different things, from driving it slow, then fast, the 20 mins, all sorts of misinformation out there.
Maybe someone that works at a dealer can shed some light on this. Or an actual tech.
Anyone care to flip through their AP1 OM?
I've heard all sorts of different things, from driving it slow, then fast, the 20 mins, all sorts of misinformation out there.
Maybe someone that works at a dealer can shed some light on this. Or an actual tech.
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There is no mileage quota for any car ever made to make the ECU "ready" (meaning complete all monotors).
It goes by parameters, and them being met. Can happen in 3 miles, or over 200.
In some cars, conditions are picky and they will take over 150 miles to make ready. Basically, you are meeting the enable criteria on accident if you are not following the exact enable criteria, for that car, for EACH parameter (or monitor).
Lucky for us, the s2k monitors complete very fast, I have done it in 6 miles.
Fastest way:
Start the car cold in the morning, drive around local 5 minutes, shut it off (this will complete a "trip").
Start it back up, take it on the highway and set the cruise at 60 for 3 minutes (this will complete a second "trip", and make two-trip monitors "ready" like the air pump monitor).
Example: if you start the car cold, and drive it 10,000 miles without shutting it off, the two-trip monitors will never run and you will fail inspection
It's all about parameters...not miles.
