Friday, June 17, 2005
Idiot Light
Yesterday on my way to visit my company's Sacramento office the Check Engine light came on in my Scion. The car was driving fine and there was no Low Oil or High Temperature light so I decided to ride it out and take in my car the next day.
So, this morning I have Samantha drive the Matrix while I drive the Scion to the Toyota dealer in Antioch. The trip there and back takes about an hour. A few hours later they call me and tell me it's because my gas cap wasn't on tight enough. I worried about my car and wasted my family's time because my gas cap wasn't on well? Shouldn't the car be able to tell you this? There should be a rainbow terror alert code where green means "no big deal" and red means "call a tow truck".
I mentioned to the guy that I refilled my gas yesterday after the light was already on and it didn't go away. They guy said that the light doesn't turn off until the dealership turns it off. It's an incredibly inefficient system.
(By the way, the spell check on blogger.com wanted to replace the word "Samantha" with the word "sonant". So helpful!)
So, this morning I have Samantha drive the Matrix while I drive the Scion to the Toyota dealer in Antioch. The trip there and back takes about an hour. A few hours later they call me and tell me it's because my gas cap wasn't on tight enough. I worried about my car and wasted my family's time because my gas cap wasn't on well? Shouldn't the car be able to tell you this? There should be a rainbow terror alert code where green means "no big deal" and red means "call a tow truck".
I mentioned to the guy that I refilled my gas yesterday after the light was already on and it didn't go away. They guy said that the light doesn't turn off until the dealership turns it off. It's an incredibly inefficient system.
(By the way, the spell check on blogger.com wanted to replace the word "Samantha" with the word "sonant". So helpful!)
