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97 Civic EX upgraded emission recall failed smog check ?
Hi all,
My 1997 Civic EX (70k miles) "misfired" yesterday. After I got to like 30mph it started to behave normally (this happened as I was leaving work). The check engine light turned on . I went straight to the local Honda dealer, they plug in something that looked like a laptop and read a "misfire" error. They told me that it needed the "Upgrade Emission..." something. It was a recall for the civic and they wouldn't charge me a penny. So they did their business the next morning and I was happy to go. I had lunch and went to get a smog check because I need to renew the plates in about two weeks. Smog check failed!. The list of stuff tested show "PASS" and everything except this line: RESULT ECS FAIL System Malfunction Light The check engine light is not on. The guy doing the checking told me to drive it a couple of days because this sometimes happens after a repair... the computer will adjust itself while I drive and it should be ok after a couple of days...and I owe him $39.95 for now. No certificate was issue of course. He'll be a nice guy (I'm not being sarcastic here) and on Thursday he'll connect it to the scanner to see if it will pass before he charges me again. I was rather ****ed that day. I've calm down since then :-). Is this normal after repairs ? It seems silly to me that the dealer did an emission's upgrade and now it failed the smog check. Could someone shed some light into this please ? Thanks a bunch. |
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In article <lwXFe.1799$wA1.657@trnddc09>, "Rodo" >
wrote: > Hi all, > > My 1997 Civic EX (70k miles) "misfired" yesterday. After I got to like 30mph > it started to behave normally (this happened as I was leaving work). The > check engine light turned on . > > I went straight to the local Honda dealer, they plug in something that > looked like a laptop and read a "misfire" error. They told me that it needed > the "Upgrade Emission..." something. It was a recall for the civic and they > wouldn't charge me a penny. So they did their business the next morning and > I was happy to go. I had lunch and went to get a smog check because I need > to renew the plates in about two weeks. > > Smog check failed!. The list of stuff tested show "PASS" and everything > except this line: > > RESULT ECS > FAIL System Malfunction Light > > The check engine light is not on. The guy doing the checking told me to > drive it a couple of days because this sometimes happens after a repair... > the computer will adjust itself while I drive and it should be ok after a > couple of days...and I owe him $39.95 for now. No certificate was issue of > course. He'll be a nice guy (I'm not being sarcastic here) and on Thursday > he'll connect it to the scanner to see if it will pass before he charges me > again. > > I was rather ****ed that day. I've calm down since then :-). Is this normal > after repairs ? It seems silly to me that the dealer did an emission's > upgrade and now it failed the smog check. Could someone shed some light into > this please ? > > Thanks a bunch. Misfiring temporarily lights up the check engine light. (A familiar sight with my Accord Hybrid.) The light went out when the problem went away but the dealership didn't clear the computer's record of the failure. |
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