Great, P0135 again...
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Great, P0135 again...
On the way back from the Toronto meet, the CEL/VSA/! lights came on and scared the hell out of me. I was driving my car really hard that day, so I thought it might be the transmission. Can you imagine being in a different country, 4 hours away from the border, and the transmission breaking down? No AAA, and no TLC (at least I didn't have the Canadian number, and I highly doubt they will cover me in a foreign country). I would've been screwed.
I drove home, anyway, because I didn't have any other choices. Upon a restart, the VSA/! lights turned off, but the CEL remained on. I was praying that whatever was wrong, the car would hold it until I crossed the border.
I made it home fortunately, and the next day, the CEL turned off on its own as I was going to AutoZone to get it scanned. So I turned around. Today, it came on again as I was driving around. I drove straight to AutoZone and got it scanned. I was guessing either O2 sensor, EGR (I cleaned it last week, maybe something was wrong?) or the transmission -- in that order of likeliness.
Low and behold, it's P0135 AGAIN. Yeah, I blew another primary O2 sensor. This one lasted about 8,000 miles, if I remember right. Weird. Anyway, this is gonna cost me another 80 bucks or so to fix. Not a huge deal, but annoying. But I guess I should be happy that it wasn't anything serious.
Just felt like whining.
I drove home, anyway, because I didn't have any other choices. Upon a restart, the VSA/! lights turned off, but the CEL remained on. I was praying that whatever was wrong, the car would hold it until I crossed the border.
I made it home fortunately, and the next day, the CEL turned off on its own as I was going to AutoZone to get it scanned. So I turned around. Today, it came on again as I was driving around. I drove straight to AutoZone and got it scanned. I was guessing either O2 sensor, EGR (I cleaned it last week, maybe something was wrong?) or the transmission -- in that order of likeliness.
Low and behold, it's P0135 AGAIN. Yeah, I blew another primary O2 sensor. This one lasted about 8,000 miles, if I remember right. Weird. Anyway, this is gonna cost me another 80 bucks or so to fix. Not a huge deal, but annoying. But I guess I should be happy that it wasn't anything serious.
Just felt like whining.
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man how do you manage to go thru them? im still on the original
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Originally Posted by Pure Adrenaline
I don't know, Kris. If I knew the answer, I wouldn't be going through them like underwear.
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Originally Posted by Pure Adrenaline
No, I only have 38k miles on the car. Still under warranty, although most of it is invalid now.
O2 sensor is covered under the factory warranty. I had mine replaced for free; even with Comptech headers.
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O2 sensor is covered under the factory warranty. I had mine replaced for free; even with Comptech headers.
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That vehicle looks good! Nice to see, that the efforts we put in will pay off bercause I've just started my mods, and more to come. I found it stressfull.
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That vehicle looks good! Nice to see, that the efforts we put in will pay off bercause I've just started my mods, and more to come. I found it stressfull.
Thank you, and you're right.
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Originally Posted by Pure Adrenaline
On the way back from the Toronto meet, the CEL/VSA/! lights came on and scared the hell out of me. I was driving my car really hard that day, so I thought it might be the transmission. Can you imagine being in a different country, 4 hours away from the border, and the transmission breaking down? No AAA, and no TLC (at least I didn't have the Canadian number, and I highly doubt they will cover me in a foreign country). I would've been screwed.
I drove home, anyway, because I didn't have any other choices. Upon a restart, the VSA/! lights turned off, but the CEL remained on. I was praying that whatever was wrong, the car would hold it until I crossed the border.
I made it home fortunately, and the next day, the CEL turned off on its own as I was going to AutoZone to get it scanned. So I turned around. Today, it came on again as I was driving around. I drove straight to AutoZone and got it scanned. I was guessing either O2 sensor, EGR (I cleaned it last week, maybe something was wrong?) or the transmission -- in that order of likeliness.
Low and behold, it's P0135 AGAIN. Yeah, I blew another primary O2 sensor. This one lasted about 8,000 miles, if I remember right. Weird. Anyway, this is gonna cost me another 80 bucks or so to fix. Not a huge deal, but annoying. But I guess I should be happy that it wasn't anything serious.
Just felt like whining.
I drove home, anyway, because I didn't have any other choices. Upon a restart, the VSA/! lights turned off, but the CEL remained on. I was praying that whatever was wrong, the car would hold it until I crossed the border.
I made it home fortunately, and the next day, the CEL turned off on its own as I was going to AutoZone to get it scanned. So I turned around. Today, it came on again as I was driving around. I drove straight to AutoZone and got it scanned. I was guessing either O2 sensor, EGR (I cleaned it last week, maybe something was wrong?) or the transmission -- in that order of likeliness.
Low and behold, it's P0135 AGAIN. Yeah, I blew another primary O2 sensor. This one lasted about 8,000 miles, if I remember right. Weird. Anyway, this is gonna cost me another 80 bucks or so to fix. Not a huge deal, but annoying. But I guess I should be happy that it wasn't anything serious.
Just felt like whining.
There must be something on the 401 that cuases this. I just got off of the 401 and I had the same problem. I am going to get it checked in the next 10mins or so. Hopefully its nothing major and the dealership wont give me a hard time about it on monday if I need to take it into them.
I saw those lights turn on and I almost shit myself.
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I just got home from my friends shop. Turns out it was Cylinder 1 missfire. Im not sure what the exact code was but thats what he told me. We reset the code and now I just have to wait and see whether or not it reappears.
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There must be something on the 401 that cuases this. I just got off of the 401 and I had the same problem. I am going to get it checked in the next 10mins or so. Hopefully its nothing major and the dealership wont give me a hard time about it on monday if I need to take it into them.
I saw those lights turn on and I almost shit myself.
I saw those lights turn on and I almost shit myself.
One misfire code isn't that big of a deal; but when it happens repeatedly, try changing spark plugs and/or wires.
Hopefully it won't happen again.
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Originally Posted by Pure Adrenaline
Haha, the cursed 401.
One misfire code isn't that big of a deal; but when it happens repeatedly, try changing spark plugs and/or wires.
Hopefully it won't happen again.
One misfire code isn't that big of a deal; but when it happens repeatedly, try changing spark plugs and/or wires.
Hopefully it won't happen again.
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Originally Posted by ndawood
The spark plugs are only a few months old so I am thinking that if it does reappear it might be the coil pack that needs to be replaced...
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