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Is anyone up for a brain game? This a puzzler for us.
12 y/o car. It's an '07. We've owned it for about seven years. No electrical issues.
This is our son's car. He's a new college grad with limited savings. Car was slated to be traded in over the summer but he would do it now if that's the consensus here.
While making a turn, the SRS/AirBag light came on and stayed on. No potholes were hit, nothing. Just a smooth turn.
The dealership hooked it up to the computer and got all sorts of hits, of which all are wrong. Here are the ones I can remember:
* right rear accident sensor indicated impact. (wrong. However-- five years ago, impact to LEFT bumper. Typical fender bender. No airbags deployed & bumper replaced.)
* comfort control isn't working (wrong-- ac & heater work fine)
* remote locking isn't working (wrong-- remote works just fine)
Apparently, they couldn't run a complete diagnostic until the crash sensor is replaced. Said they could not re-initialize the SRS light and the AirBags were disabled because of such. Part not in stock (of course) and has to be ordered.
Also, they never actually checked the ac/heat or the locks because they gave a quote for the replacement sensors.
Owner gets in car to go home and think about options (car is only worth about $2,000 private sale on a good day). No lights at all are on and upon starting, the engine lights indicate all is well (the usual lights come on then turn off). Two days later, still no lights and all seems to be well.
I think that's it. Anyone have ideas? We thought about advising him to replace the impact sensor in case the wiring just dry rotted or something (around $300) and doing nothing else but the other incorrect faults have us concerned. We are wondering if those indicate something major is about to die. The entire electrical system/computer are our thoughts but we are not "car folk" so we're just guessing.
WWYD? Fix or ditch? If 'fix', what would you fix?
Thanks for playing!
12 y/o car. It's an '07. We've owned it for about seven years. No electrical issues.
This is our son's car. He's a new college grad with limited savings. Car was slated to be traded in over the summer but he would do it now if that's the consensus here.
While making a turn, the SRS/AirBag light came on and stayed on. No potholes were hit, nothing. Just a smooth turn.
The dealership hooked it up to the computer and got all sorts of hits, of which all are wrong. Here are the ones I can remember:
* right rear accident sensor indicated impact. (wrong. However-- five years ago, impact to LEFT bumper. Typical fender bender. No airbags deployed & bumper replaced.)
* comfort control isn't working (wrong-- ac & heater work fine)
* remote locking isn't working (wrong-- remote works just fine)
Apparently, they couldn't run a complete diagnostic until the crash sensor is replaced. Said they could not re-initialize the SRS light and the AirBags were disabled because of such. Part not in stock (of course) and has to be ordered.
Also, they never actually checked the ac/heat or the locks because they gave a quote for the replacement sensors.
Owner gets in car to go home and think about options (car is only worth about $2,000 private sale on a good day). No lights at all are on and upon starting, the engine lights indicate all is well (the usual lights come on then turn off). Two days later, still no lights and all seems to be well.
I think that's it. Anyone have ideas? We thought about advising him to replace the impact sensor in case the wiring just dry rotted or something (around $300) and doing nothing else but the other incorrect faults have us concerned. We are wondering if those indicate something major is about to die. The entire electrical system/computer are our thoughts but we are not "car folk" so we're just guessing.
WWYD? Fix or ditch? If 'fix', what would you fix?
Thanks for playing!