EGR Code / Gas Cap Code
#12
I am on a fixed budget and finally saved enough to address this only to get hit with $114 to "diagnose" the problem. My AutoMD already diagnosed it just as the repair shop did. It went from a 0.20" hole in the canister identified by AutoMD to $400. Plus $61 for the SMOG papers. Did I just get screwed without a kiss? Are they using book repair times on me and not actual man hours? Bottom line, did I get hosed?
Shops love it when customers self diagnose. When it doesn't fix the problem; its all on the customer. Then, the customer has to pay to diagnose and repair the problem all over.
identifix is a great repair info site. I have never used automd. these sites just list common repairs to the fault. Without testing, its still a guessing game. You did the right thing, its fixed right the first time.
Last edited by primem; 03-17-2017 at 09:32 PM.
#13
Now its gone from a flow control valve the ECM. Make sense? What is the cost of a used ECM? Round about? Are these errors consistent with a bad ECM? 4 days and they couldn't find the problem and so oh well. Must be the computer.
http://controlservers.net/images/smogcheck2.jpg
http://controlservers.net/images/smogcheck2.jpg
Last edited by krazybob; 03-22-2017 at 10:02 PM.
#14
#16
no way to assess the diagnosis without knowing what you are trying to fix. If your failing smog pretesting a fault code is set....check engine light is on....what is the fault code that is setting the light.
programming cost is high...should be no more than 1 hour. maybe he is adding
the installation time for the module.
programming cost is high...should be no more than 1 hour. maybe he is adding
the installation time for the module.
#17
#18
next time, tell the repair shop what you want replaced based of the information automd gave you. see how that works out for you.
Shops love it when customers self diagnose. When it doesn't fix the problem; its all on the customer. Then, the customer has to pay to diagnose and repair the problem all over.
identifix is a great repair info site. I have never used automd. these sites just list common repairs to the fault. Without testing, its still a guessing game. You did the right thing, its fixed right the first time.
Shops love it when customers self diagnose. When it doesn't fix the problem; its all on the customer. Then, the customer has to pay to diagnose and repair the problem all over.
identifix is a great repair info site. I have never used automd. these sites just list common repairs to the fault. Without testing, its still a guessing game. You did the right thing, its fixed right the first time.