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Old 07-11-2006, 09:44 AM
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Default Failed OBD & Emission Readiness Inspection, Advice Needed

So this morning I take my car to inspection. Yesterday I had to fix the horn cuz it wasnt honking correctly, so I had to unplug the battery and airbag stuff to do so. Anyway, everything passed except for "Overall OBD System" and "Overall Emission Readiness" ... the guy told me that usually unplugging the battery, the car has to learn itself after driving around for 500 miles?!! And since I unplugged the battery yesterday and havent really driven around, what should I do? I dunno much about PCMs so Im clueless. Thanks in advance!

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Old 07-11-2006, 12:57 PM
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put about 150 miles on the car and everything should be reset.

i don't know how it is in Jersey, but in my county in NC we're only allowed to have 2 readiness codes that are "not ready"
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Yeah, put some miles on it. www.obdii.com/drivecycle.html will help too.
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150 miles should be good enough to reset everything
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Thanks everybody! Ill give it a shot



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