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> This annoyed me a little bit. A check engine light is the perfect component for what it does. If it's on it means that something may be seriously wrong and th
by deathanatos 12y ago
> This annoyed me a little bit. A check engine light is the perfect component for what it does. If it's on it means that something may be seriously wrong and that you're probably too stupid or ill-equipped to fix it.
> If it was something simple, easily detectable and fixable it would have its own light, ie the door is open, you're running out of gas.
I've been in new vehicles with a single light for "low tire pressure". But it wouldn't tell you which tire. Sure, I can discover this by manually reading the pressure on all the tires, but the system has to already know this information. It's just incapable of displaying it.
- nacs 12y agoI wouldn't say 'incapable' because you can use an OBD device (less than $20 like http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001LHVOVK/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001LHVOVK/ ) to access that information. It's pretty much plug and play for those who care about that kind of thing. The average consumer can just take it to a tire shop and let them figure out which tire has an issue.