If you stop by the Autozone and used their OBDII codes reader to dump and then clear the codes does this give you an issue with NJ DMV inspection?

Do you have to wait for a certain amount of time after the messages are cleared before you can get an inspection?

Thanks.

Bob S.

So far as I know there is no way for a DMV to know you cleared codes. You could clear them right as you pull up to the inspection, just hope they don't come back during the inspection.

Once you clear the codes, check if you then get a P1000 code after a restart. If so you will need to perform some or all of a test drive cycle specied by Jaguar.

If on the other hand you have a P1111 code, you are good to go and will pass emissions inspection.

All this is assuming they are doing an emissions inspection in NJ. If they do not do emissions, then it doesn't matter.

NJ only guys OK? Thanks. It's also not on my Jag but it is a similar engine to the V6. The Ford version.

Bob,

Yes you will fail for the monitors being not ready.

If you have a code, clearing it resets all the obd II readiness monitors.

Google OBDII drive cycle to see what you have to do to get it ready to pass. If it throws the code (again) before all the monitors set then you have to repair the underlying problem before trying to get it to pass.

I have a scan tool you can use / borrow.

Take care,

George

The car has been doing some sh*t over the last 6 months but it might just be transmission connector related. I don't know yet. I need to get an inspection asap but if I know it's going to fail I may just junk the car. It's probably too expensive to fix and it's got 140K very hard, local miles. So I'm just trying to determine if it's old codes or there actually is an on-going issue that will cause it to fail.

I'll call you tonight if that's OK? PM me with your phone number. I might be able to find it in my old email but ...

You can check what the code is. In NC for emissions inspection they will only fail you if that code is related to the emissions. Had a friend that had a bad cat and some other codes. We replaced the cat and it showed up not ready for inspection. He drove it around for the drive cycle mentioned earlier. He still had some codes but none for emissions and passed. So it depends on what exactly they classify as passing.

NJ wants all monitors set to ready...

Bob, I'll pm you my number. What year is the car. I have an older code reader / scanner that doesn't do can bus that I had before I got the Jags. It's of no use to me, but I keep it around to loan to friends etc.

If you want PM me your address and I'll throw it in the mail for you, just mail it back when you're done.

Take care,

George

Never mind, had a question, but I see the car is not an S-type now.

Bob,
Here you go...

http://www.obdii.com/drivecycleford.html

Take care,

George

That looks like a fun set of exercises! Oi vey! Now if I can only get them completed without getting arrested for wreck less driving. A snap where I live.

LOL this is Jersey. Reckless driving is the norm. Yeah it is a bit of a pita. Believe it or not usually the ones people have to struggle with are the ones that require an extended idle period or something of that nature that they don't normally do.

Sent you a PM with info.

George

And this part:

When the ambient air temperature is outside 4.4 to 37.8°C (40 to 100° F), or the altitude is above 2438 meters (8000 feet), the EVAP monitor will not run. If the P1000 code must be cleared in these conditions, the PCM must detect them once (twice on some applications) before the EVAP monitor can be "bypassed" and the P1000 cleared.

Completely unfair to those people who need to pass an inspection in the winter. It means double the work. Just because your renewal date falls at the wrong time of year.

It looks like it can only be practically done on a two lane highway or similar because of the speed and pattern requirements. Better take a printout to show the cops if they stop you. You'll need it anyways to remember the sequences.

It's not unfair on them - they should not be clearing codes. (Shouldn't really have any codes, either.)

Also, we're talking above about a SPECIFIC ONE of Ford's drive cycles. It may not be the one that applies to Bob's vehicle. In general, IF you've cleared the codes (think of a valid reason here), just drive the car and if you've any sense check for P1111 if you've an inspection due soonish. The monitors usually set without drama or specialist drive cycles.

Hey thanks to everyone who's replied.

I checked today at the Autozone parts store and it comes up clean.

This is interesting because I know it does have an issue with a stumble at times but it may be a transmission harness connection issue. In the past when the harness issue first surfaced we did get a check engine light and now I'm getting nothing?

Weird.

So it's off to DMV I go.

Thanks again guys.

When a problem goes away (fixed or changed situation like a harness stopped rubbing), the light goes out (exactly when varies a bit but often after 3 drive cycles without that fault) but the code is left stored for plenty of time so it could still be retrieved. Eventually it's deleted automatically if the fault does not occur again.

Well it did it 2 or 3 more times on the way over for inspection and it still passed so the legal requirement has been met. I think I'll go visit my transmission guy and see what he finds out.

Yeah... its probably a trans issue. Soon as I heard that you hadn't had a check engine light in years I knew it would go through fine.

Take care,

George