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Rant about check engine light

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jwrami
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Jun 6, 2023, 4:11 PM

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So was just talking about a experience I had at 2 mechanic shops paid for a diagnostic at each went to orielys store 1st to do a free obd scan they told me what the problem could be and it was one of the sensors on the back of my motor a 2006 Nissan pathfinder. I'm a self-learner type a little better now but ya way newbie so I kind of told the mechanic what orieleys told me and they never checked for that just did their own scan and found nothing other than they cleaned and replaced my cable terminal same thing at the other one.. Soo drove it around for a while till it went into limp mode googled it said to unhook battery and hook it back up and was good to go for a lil while did this til we got home than parked it for a couple months than bought my own code reader bam told me what it was switched it out it ran way better than before... Why did I have to figure it out myself???? Got dang it. So far been doing my own repairs from google and youtube and now probly from here just searched this forum up just to rant about this. Hello everyone.


Hammer Time
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Jun 6, 2023, 4:53 PM

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Soo drove it around for a while till it went into limp mode googled it said to unhook battery and hook it back up and was good to go for a lil while did this til we got home than parked it for a couple months than bought my own code reader bam told me what it was switched it out it ran way better than before... Why did I have to figure it out myself????

Well, that's not what this forum is for.

If you think you have it all figured out you have a lot to learn. Simply reading a code is far from an actual diagnostic. All the code tells you is a specific situation has occurred and recorded. It may refer to a particular sensor but doesn't mean that sensor is the cause.

I'm really tired of these car owners that study Dr Google and think they have it all figured out. You have no clue how much training and expense it takes to diagnose these current electrical systems. You may have gotten lucky throwing a sensor at the problem but that's rare

Professional techs at this forum donate their time and expertise to help people for free.

That won't be you though.

Take your rant elsewhere!



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(This post was edited by Hammer Time on Jun 6, 2023, 4:55 PM)





 
 
 






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