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alienshadow
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Oct 14, 2010, 7:58 AM
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Engine light come on gas cap wasnt on tight.. Cant get engine light off I know thats why its on.. I unhooked battery for 10 mins.. still on.. AutoZone will not reset mechanic wants 65.00 help????? Oh gas was stolen out of tank thats why cap wasnt on tight..
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Oct 14, 2010, 8:20 AM
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Why won't Autozone clear them? Are you in California?
Advance Auto Parts or Aamco will do it also.
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Oct 14, 2010, 8:37 AM
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Man they both told me to drive 50 miles it will reset itself.. AutoZone and Advance said they arent allowed to reset it.. Man I don't see paying 65.00 to reset the dang thing.. Any ideas?
You can buy your own cheap code reader for less than that.
If you cant fix it then dont mess with it...
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That really conflicts the the millions of other people they have done it for.
They do this in hopes of selling parts so don't tell them you already fixed it going in.
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I will try but they are hard to deal with here I live in North Carolina.. Guy told me if he got caught he would get fired.. I said I aint going to say nothing.He said oh they check the machines to see what we have done.. BS.. I guess it can burn I hate it but I aint paying for it..
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That's just BS. They're nationwide company policy (except CA) is to read and reset for free. They do it all the time.
They also rent and loan the tools to do it.
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I agree man its BS... What even gets me more is after all the money I spent on that 93 chevy the guy still wants to charge me so much to reset it.. That really gets to me.. I understand his time is valuable but gezzzzz... Thanks Hammer I will let it stay on maybe it will reset itself..
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Oct 14, 2010, 9:13 AM
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I have been sending people to AutoZone for this for many years. Thousands of people have had no problem getting this service for free.
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I will go back and see maybe they will loan me the machine and I can do it.. I wouldnt lie about what they are telling me..
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Nobody is suggesting that. What I'm suggesting is that you have an idiot for a counter man that doesn't know his own company's policies..
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Disconnecting both battery cables & touching both ends together for a few seconds will clear all codes and reset all learned adaptives.......
The only problem with disconnecting a battery (for any reason) on this model without a memory saver is the actuators in the HVAC system will do a self-test when power is restored. If there is a weak actuator, it breaks during the self-test and there will be no vent controls...
You've already disconnect the battery a few times with on problems.......... but it only takes once.....
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Oct 14, 2010, 1:46 PM
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Sidom vent controls??? Kind of lost there..
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More than likely you will never run into this problem......
GM has electric motors (actuators) that control the vents (defrost,vent,floor) & temp. These just move back & forth to get the desired position or temp. When power is disconnect & then reconnected they go thru a relearn procedure. Basically the motor goes one direction until the door hits the end and stops, then it goes all the way to the other side until is stops. Now the HVAC module "knows" the travel distance and the door will not "hit" a stop (with any force) again.
These are just plastic gears. When they get old they can break during the relearn process. When that happens the mode will stay "stuck" on which end the gear broke, either defrost (usually) or floor mode.
I would guess yours has done dozens of relearns. Everytime the power gets disconnect & reconnect it does it......
This isn't a common problem on these but it's also not rare either....... The actuators are around $40 from the dealer.
I just figured I'd mention it due to the battery getting disconnect & reconnected with no memory saver.
Some guys are a little leary about touch 2 cables together but they have to realize there is no battery hooked up... Touching two terminals together with the battery hooked up would be a bad thing...
You just didn't wait long enough to drain the capacitor for the memory.... If you are a little leary about touching 2 disconnected cables together......With the cables disconnected, turn the lights on & pump the brk pedal about 30 times......That will do the same thing only it take a little bit longer......
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He's right. My damn truck gets stuck on full heat every time I have to disconnect the battery. Last time I had to drill a hole in the case to pry the stuck door free. I was lucky because the dash would have to be removed to change the actuator. The wasn't anything wrong with the actuator. It just jammed the door open when it calibrated.
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USE A MEMORY SAVER!!!!! DAMN IT!!!!!.........  
I hate messing with them damn actuators......They put those F#$%^& things in the worst possible places... You gotta be rubber man to change em...........lmao
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Oct 14, 2010, 3:10 PM
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Lucky for me mine is still working... Sidom I only unhooked the battery 2 times today.. I have only had it about 35 days now..
Hammer I went to Advance and they let me borrow the unit and I erased the codes it was showing 2 but they were the same codes weird... Glad I didnt cause more problem unhooking things.. The only problem I did have after unhooking the battery was my radio nor my chimes would work.. So I had to take the front cover of the dash off pull out my radio.. I unhooked the main disconnect and waited about 5 mins and as soon as I plugged it in it worked.. Maybe thats another issue with unhooking a battery.. Glad I know about electronics...
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I was referring to the life of the truck.... An 06, I imagine has been powered down dozens of times by now.
You know Desi, I was thinking about your actuator.....I'm wondering if the gear isn't cracked an just jamming on the relearn...... Once the relearn is done, it really doesn't take that much force to move the doors.........
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I don't know but I'm not about to pull the dash to find out. It works find once unjammed until the next time the battery craps out again. This one gave me no warning and it was blowing 120degree air before I even pulled the battery out to change it. Just imagine that in South Florida in August.
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Isnt it funny when it comes to personal stuff it gets put off.. I do it all the time...Yeah its different when u cant pay yourself...
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