What error messages do you think Jaguar should have programmed but didn't?

 

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Diminished capacity for forward advancement

 

"You forgot to zip your pants"

 

LOL! I know your first post was a joke, but I sure wish the auto makers would just show the OBD codes on the dash rather than making you hook up a scan tool. It would be very easy for them to do. I know some Cadillacs do it. I think the auto makers are just trying to protect a revenue stream. If people knew what the check engine light actually meant they might try to fix it on their own rather than take the car to the dealer for repairs. In the new cars with touch screens they could easily incorporate a built-in scanner, and have the code actually display in plain English (rather than a cryptic number). They could also cross-reference it to a list of potential causes. It would make some of us car owners very very happy.

 

A couple of years ago I saw a article or on a forum, I can't remember what one. Where you could enter a code on the dash computer and it would read a code. The dealer were the only one's that knew the trick. May have been on a older Lexus. I imagine they all went to OBD's to make it more difficult to diagnose, and to keep customers from trying to work on there on vehicles. At one time I read there was legislation to let the car dealers be the only one's allowed under the hood, They would produce a tamper proof lock so you could not get under the hood. The independent repair association and the after market part suppliers went ballistic to stop it. and I think it got dropped. Sam I agree it would make a lot of owners happy.

 

1) Warning: Passenger Too Hot (for you)

2) Warning: Passenger Not Hot Enough For This Car

 

 

Awesome. This could be the beginning of a great SNL skit.

 

lol, those are great...