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Originally Posted by snipervirus17
Ohhhh... I'm assuming that is what stormfront was trying to tell me lol. Kay, i got it now. (I'm a little slow sometimes). Thank you for your help even though i didn't quite understand at first but now I understand.  |
yea that's what i was getting at. sorry if i wasn't clear. the only exception would be if your county is a smog checking county which i think are only in charlotte and raleigh areas. i might be wrong tho. they do plug up to your car with it running but only to see if it is storing any codes (it can store codes that only come on under certain circumstances such as failing a test 3 successive times)
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Originally Posted by TopgunZ
If you unhook your car battery and let it sit for a minute then hook it up the codes will be cleared for a while. Mine are gone for about 20 miles of driving. Plenty of time to go get it passed.
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seriously...
THIS DOES NOT WORK. while unhooking the battery does clear out the memory for CEL tests, it also clears out all readiness codes. the car has to have almost every readiness code set (ie successful test) in order to pass inspection. i believe one or two can still be pending in NC but i can't remember exactly. it's been a few years since i did the drill. most can be set in driving a car for about 10 minutes, but depending on the car, some are much harder to set. i had to drive a pontiac boneville (3.8L v6) all day to get it to set enough codes to pass one time
