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Post by jhawkr on Sept 21, 2020 9:12:39 GMT -5
So yesterday the wife tells me the light went on in her car and said she had a low tire. This morning she tells the battery is low. So, I go out this morning and check the tires. Not low but I put a few extra lbs in to counter the coming colder weather. Then I got in, started the car, nothing is wrong. No idiot lights. I just had the battery replaced and system checked right after Christmas. So I ask her, “What did you see?” She said she was sitting in the car with Ellie, (granddaughter) waiting for the bus and listening to the radio and the radio went off. So she turned the key to on for a second to get the radio to come back on and that is when she saw the idiot lights. So I explained to her that all the lights cycle on for a second or to to show they are working. So I tell her to only worry if the light comes on and/or stays on after car running for about 5 seconds. I still don’t think she understands... 🤯
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Post by gato on Sept 21, 2020 9:55:40 GMT -5
A little off topic perhaps ... you mentioned replacing the battery. I'm driving my first modern car (2018) and the battery is close to 3 years old now.
In these new fangled cars, when you replace the battery, does everything get wiped out in the little computer brain, or does flash memory retain stuff like mileage, condition of oil and so on?
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Post by Leftee on Sept 21, 2020 9:59:11 GMT -5
A little off topic perhaps ... you mentioned replacing the battery. I'm driving my first modern car (2018) and the battery is close to 3 years old now. In these new fangled cars, when you replace the battery, does everything get wiped out in the little computer brain, or does flash memory retain stuff like mileage, condition of oil and so on? Nope. Change and go. That was a thing in the late ‘80s though. I seem to recall a Ford Tempo my parents owned. It got a battery change and then it had to do to the dealer for reprogramming. I think the car ran, but not well. |
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Post by jhawkr on Sept 21, 2020 10:01:55 GMT -5
No issues with the battery change.
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Post by RogerD on Sept 21, 2020 10:32:59 GMT -5
I recently replaced the battery in my 2016 Kia Sorento.
Prior to performing the replacement I reviewed the owners manual which stated that the following items require a reset; Auto Up/Down Window, Sun Roof, Trip Computer, Climate Control System, Integrated Memory System, and the Audio System.
To get around the hassle of this I carefully connected the battery from my lawn mower with jumper cables, in parallel with the existing battery, prior to disconnecting the terminals. I then installed the new battery always maintaining voltage to the vehicle.
My wife's 2008 Honda Odyssey requires a security code to be entered for the audio system.
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Post by jhawkr on Sept 21, 2020 10:41:16 GMT -5
Our battery replacement was on a 2015 Ford Escape. I didn’t read the manual for any specific procedure because I had the dealer do it. They are very competitive and use OEM parts so it was an easy choice. Hooking up a trickle charger to the battery cables would probably be a good preventive action.
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Post by HenryJ on Sept 21, 2020 16:17:08 GMT -5
A little off topic perhaps ... you mentioned replacing the battery. I'm driving my first modern car (2018) and the battery is close to 3 years old now. I'm glad all the responses were about battery replacement and not female-bashing. |
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Post by LVF on Sept 21, 2020 17:10:29 GMT -5
My '17 F150 has an AGM battery of which is necessary for the proper operation of the electrical/electronic and charging system. It is a 'smart charge' system that uses the 'Battery Monitoring System'. There's no such thing, in modern vehicles as just removing and replacing the battery in most cases as many modern vehicles use a similar system. Below is a process very important to follow when replacing the battery in most F150's and could apply in many of your cases with a similar system:
If the vehicle battery is replaced, it is very important to perform the battery monitoring system reset using the diagnostic
scan tool. If the battery monitoring system reset is not carried out, it holds the old battery parameters and time in service
counter in memory. Additionally it tells the system the battery is in an aged state and may limit the Electrical Energy
Management system functions.
So, if you need to replace the battery in your modern car, you may not be able to get away with keeping the electrical system operating using a foreign battery source as the new battery, which should also be of the same type, will take on any characteristic of the old battery parameters and will end up not operating the system properly. Just a word to the wise.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Sept 21, 2020 18:26:28 GMT -5
Be gentle.
Your wife is probably on the Crock Pot Discussion Board right now telling all her online friends how you did laundry last week and now some formerly-white kitchen towels are now pink.
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Post by jhawkr on Sept 21, 2020 20:05:55 GMT -5
Wow, a politically correct crowd!
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Post by K4 on Sept 21, 2020 20:34:51 GMT -5
Some cars will need a reboot by the dealer, or a good understanding on how to re-calibrate things like windows.
Some cars, like the mustang will need to have a Batt reset, or the cars computer will think it has the old battery and will charge it like it is old. Reducing it's life.
There are several options in the mustang battery type and capacity charts in the Ford operating software. Get it wrong and you lose longevity.
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Post by rangercaster on Sept 22, 2020 3:15:45 GMT -5
Most women, but not all, have no idea of how to actually perform any maintenance on an automobile...
That's why we are here ...
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Post by LTB on Sept 22, 2020 5:03:45 GMT -5
So yesterday the wife tells me the light went on in her car and said she had a low tire. This morning she tells the battery is low. So, I go out this morning and check the tires. Not low but I put a few extra lbs in to counter the coming colder weather. Then I got in, started the car, nothing is wrong. No idiot lights. I just had the battery replaced and system checked right after Christmas. So I ask her, “What did you see?” She said she was sitting in the car with Ellie, (granddaughter) waiting for the bus and listening to the radio and the radio went off. So she turned the key to on for a second to get the radio to come back on and that is when she saw the idiot lights. So I explained to her that all the lights cycle on for a second or to to show they are working. So I tell her to only worry if the light comes on and/or stays on after car running for about 5 seconds. I still don’t think she understands... 🤯 Well, glad it wasn't a problem with the car. My wife doesn't understand much about them either. Very un-Technical and trying to explain bores her. |
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Post by gato on Sept 22, 2020 6:10:03 GMT -5
Most women, but not all, have no idea of how to actually perform any maintenance on an automobile... That's why we are here ... When your main vehicle fleet is a herd of 50 year old VW's, there is a lot of maintenance. And unplanned "stop overs" at the side of the road. My wife and I have become quite adept as a team when it comes to replacing things like clutch cables, fuel pumps and such on the spot. Once, in the dead of night in a restaurant parking lot. She is left handed to my right, which works out well in team functions, when reaching into hare-to-get-to places. On her way to work one morning, about 25 years ago, the accelerator cable on her 68 hot rodded bug, broke on the freeway. Since it broke at the pedal, she figured out on her own, a neat trick with a set of mini-vice grips, that allowed her get right back into traffic. But not before giving the commuter crowd a show, as she was practically standing on her head in her work skirt, to make the necessary adjustments at the pedal level. (cue the screeching brakes and rear end collision sounds). More than once, she has done a "selfie" push start with her bug, when stuck with a dead battery. On another occasion she batted her eyes and got the crew from a fire engine to help her push start her 67 VW bus. When some dude sees her cruise into the grocery store lot in her lowered bug and makes inquires ... she can rattle off the nomenclature of the engine: compression ratio, bore and stroke, and even proudly show of her matched set of dual Weber carburetors. All this, but and can still baffle me with a phone call from the road, to report that one of the dual carbs on her bug, is "making a throaty noise" (Gato thumbing through shop manual under the letter "T") |
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Post by budg on Sept 22, 2020 6:29:44 GMT -5
When I changed the battery on my 08 xterra, the SLIP light stayed on and I had to drive around the block to reset it . Other than that everything was fine.
My wife always gets the idiot lights mixed up . “Hey hon the check engine light is on! “ Or “the oil light is on.” It’s only the maintenance light . Geez.
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Post by jhawkr on Sept 22, 2020 8:05:31 GMT -5
I’ve been married to my honey 31 years and despite trying to explain things to her it is evident that she just doesn’t care.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Sept 22, 2020 8:33:28 GMT -5
Let's also add, they have the same opinion of us in terms of cleaning up after ourselves, putting the seat down, etc...
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Post by RogerD on Sept 22, 2020 8:35:01 GMT -5
When our daughter got her learners permit to drive among other things we discussed the mechanical related aspects regarding maintenance; oil changes, tire pressure, etc.
I also gave her the owners manual to our '01 Focus, that she was going to be using around town, and put it in the garage. Then I said okay; you're going to change a tire.
I supervised as she got out the jack, positioned it at the jacking point, raised the car, removed the selected wheel, and mounted the spare.
It turned out to be a valuable lesson because not very long after getting her license she managed to actually have a flat and was able to change it without a call to dad.
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Post by jhawkr on Sept 22, 2020 9:14:45 GMT -5
Some women do and some women don’t. I had a girlfriend once who would change her own oil and I have mentored several women 4 of which are managers now in a male dominated industry. I think my wife declines to learn anything mechanical because she knows she doesn’t have to.
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Post by LTB on Sept 25, 2020 15:38:04 GMT -5
Some women do and some women don’t. I had a girlfriend once who would change her own oil and I have mentored several women 4 of which are managers now in a male dominated industry. I think my wife declines to learn anything mechanical because she knows she doesn’t have to. My wife always replies “ that is your job” |
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Post by gato on Sept 25, 2020 15:46:25 GMT -5
The wife of a guy I worked with, did all the porting on his racing cylinder heads.
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Post by rangercaster on Sept 26, 2020 14:53:18 GMT -5
A female co-worker of mine loved to tell the story about how she replaced the flywheel on an old Cadillac...
Not all women are unknowledgable about cars ...
Just most of them ...
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