I did that once to a work truck that my employer wouldn’t repair. 2 months later they finally repaired it with a new engine.
Bought some nice wheels for my car (used of course) to replace the rusted steel crap that was on there when I got it. They were in great shape, had some decent tires on them and it was a good deal BUT, they came off a 2008 model and mine is a ’14. They are equipped with TPS but my car can’t understand that old tech signal, so my tire warning light has been on for 3 years.
Since I have better things to do than upgrade the sensors in my wheels and I have no problem taking responsibility for my own tire pressure with an actual tire gauge, I chose the electrical tape solution. Not sure how well this works out with the CEL but I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.
I had a mechanic suggest using the small, thumb size, pictures that come in your kid’s school picture package to cover up the idiot lights when you don’t want to have it fixed properly.
Back when it was a little bulb instead of a screen, a guy called in to Car Talk about an annoying maintenance light that would come on in the Volkswagen Rabbit. The guys recommended that he get a tiny drill bit, go through the panel and kill the bulb.
I do that every fall after I put the winter wheels on the wife AWD commuter. They don’t have the sensors in them so on come the light. It goes off when the other wheels go back on in the spring. Stupid shit like that pisses me off.
The mechanic at work did that with the transmission temp gauge on my work truck.
I have pulled the bulb on a Toyota and clipped the wire on the diode on a Nissan. Both were before selling the vehicle. I know its an asshole thing to do but fuck it. I also know to make sure that light works before buying a new rig too.
I did that once to a work truck that my employer wouldn’t repair. 2 months later they finally repaired it with a new engine.
Bought some nice wheels for my car (used of course) to replace the rusted steel crap that was on there when I got it. They were in great shape, had some decent tires on them and it was a good deal BUT, they came off a 2008 model and mine is a ’14. They are equipped with TPS but my car can’t understand that old tech signal, so my tire warning light has been on for 3 years.
Since I have better things to do than upgrade the sensors in my wheels and I have no problem taking responsibility for my own tire pressure with an actual tire gauge, I chose the electrical tape solution. Not sure how well this works out with the CEL but I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.
I had a mechanic suggest using the small, thumb size, pictures that come in your kid’s school picture package to cover up the idiot lights when you don’t want to have it fixed properly.
Back when it was a little bulb instead of a screen, a guy called in to Car Talk about an annoying maintenance light that would come on in the Volkswagen Rabbit. The guys recommended that he get a tiny drill bit, go through the panel and kill the bulb.
I do that every fall after I put the winter wheels on the wife AWD commuter. They don’t have the sensors in them so on come the light. It goes off when the other wheels go back on in the spring. Stupid shit like that pisses me off.
The mechanic at work did that with the transmission temp gauge on my work truck.
I have pulled the bulb on a Toyota and clipped the wire on the diode on a Nissan. Both were before selling the vehicle. I know its an asshole thing to do but fuck it. I also know to make sure that light works before buying a new rig too.
The DO call ’em Idiot Lights, y’know…