Automotive technology you miss.

[1990RangerinSK]

Ah, but the super-secret key cycle can be found hidden in the depths of the forbidden Holy Tome titled "Owner's Manual", that only those deemed worthy by the high priest may access, and only then after passing the rigors and trials to prove his worth.

And the worthy ones are the service manager and techs at my local Ford dealership, right?

 

[8thTon]

Ah, but the super-secret key cycle can be found hidden in the depths of the forbidden Holy Tome titled "Owner's Manual", that only those deemed worthy by the high priest may access, and only then after passing the rigors and trials to prove his worth.

I'll send you a tpms tool. Then you have literally nothing to complain about. Ford and GM are the same, chrysler is different pre fiat. Post fiat is different. I got them all. Everytime I go to work at a tire shop (welding) I grab a gizmo. How many you want?

I think my launch 431x does it without the cheapo gizmos but why bother. It's so simple!!!!!!

When we got my Wife's Fiesta ST it came with summer tires, so I ordered a set of snows and alloy wheels from Tirerack. I got the TPMS sensors and the tool. There is no procedure for swapping tires in the manual whatsoever, I had to find it on line but the only one I could find was written my morons unfamiliar with English.

All of the procedures say to properly inflate the tires first, but this does not work. You must inflate the tires somewhere north of 40psi before it will train, on both the factory and winter tires, which I had to work out for myself.

The training tool does not appear to work with the Hyundai.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

The training tool does not appear to work with the Hyundai.

Road flare in the filler neck. Will fix all Hyundai related issues.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Did anyone say mechanical odometers? Thought about that in the junkyard the other day. Irritates the crap out of me when I can't figure out how many miles are on a parts donor/victim.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Did anyone say mechanical odometers? Thought about that in the junkyard the other day. Irritates the crap out of me when I can't figure out how many miles are on a parts donor/victim.

This X1000

Some things if it has been in a wreck the insurance tag has the mileage on the windshield. Otherwise you got nothing to go by.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

This X1000

Some things if it has been in a wreck the insurance tag has the mileage on the windshield. Otherwise you got nothing to go by.

Quite a few times now I've thought about picking up one of those small, crappy amazon jump boxes to check miles on donors.

I stop myself every time.

I know myself. I will try to drive a parts Ranger out of the yard. Or just fire one up and use it to gather a small horde.

 

[Dirtman]

Did anyone say mechanical odometers? Thought about that in the junkyard the other day. Irritates the crap out of me when I can't figure out how many miles are on a parts donor/victim.

Scumbags ruined that for everyone. Like most things... can't blame car makers for that one, they were just tired of being sued for odometer fraud.

 

[Bird76Mojo]

I miss the days when people didn't whine about old bullshit. You know, when I was young myself..

 

[adsm08]

When we got my Wife's Fiesta ST it came with summer tires, so I ordered a set of snows and alloy wheels from Tirerack. I got the TPMS sensors and the tool. There is no procedure for swapping tires in the manual whatsoever, I had to find it on line but the only one I could find was written my morons unfamiliar with English.

All of the procedures say to properly inflate the tires first, but this does not work. You must inflate the tires somewhere north of 40psi before it will train, on both the factory and winter tires, which I had to work out for myself.

The training tool does not appear to work with the Hyundai.

Cycle the key from off to run, ending in run, three times. With the key still in run, press and release the brake pedal once. After the pedal has been fully released cycle the key off to run three more times, ending in run. If it was done correctly the horn will sound and you are in training mode.

The tool probably doesn't work on the Hyundai because it sends the wrong kind of signal for a Hyundai.

And the worthy ones are the service manager and techs at my local Ford dealership, right?

The owner's manual for my dad's Explorer had it in there. It even had a part number and order form for the tool.

For a while around 2008 we were getting new cars in with the training tool in the glove box with the owner's manual packet.

 

[8thTon]

Cycle the key from off to run, ending in run, three times. With the key still in run, press and release the brake pedal once. After the pedal has been fully released cycle the key off to run three more times, ending in run. If it was done correctly the horn will sound and you are in training mode.

The tool probably doesn't work on the Hyundai because it sends the wrong kind of signal for a Hyundai.

Yes, thanks - that's the procedure, and I got it worked out a year ago. It's written somewhat better than the one I found but with the same basic error. Rather than "Cycle the key from off to run, ending in run, three times", it should simply state "Press the start button 5 times". If you've never done it and try to follow those directions exactly it won't work. That's because you don't press the button three times, nor do you turn it on and off three times. If it had a key cycling it three times wouldn't work either - you turn it on and then cycle it off and on two times.

I've done a lot of technical writing and also many operator manuals for complex equipment, and it's not that hard to write simple instructions. Still, it's a shame you can't just opt-out and turn the damned thing off.

 

[Dirtman]

Still, it's a shame you can't just opt-out and turn the damned thing off.

You can with forscan.

 

[8thTon]

You can with forscan.

Seems like a simple and economical way to fix it......

 

[Dirtman]

It's free and takes 2 minutes. How much cheaper and simpler do you want it?

 

[8thTon]

Road flare in the filler neck. Will fix all Hyundai related issues.

We've owned 4 Hyundais, one I drove for 18 years. Things fail, like on any vehicle, but "issues" are rare.

 

[8thTon]

It's free? And takes 2 minutes?

How does it connect?