Maintenance and Specifications
equipmentonyourvehicle.Failuretopassthisinspectioncouldprevent
youfromgettingavehicleregistration.YourvehiclemaynotpasstheI/M
testiftheServiceenginesoon
indicatorisonornotworking
properly(bulbisburnedout),oriftheOBD-IIsystemhasdetermined
thatsomeoftheemissioncontrolsystemshavenotbeenproperly
checked.Inthiscase,thevehicleisconsiderednotreadyforI/Mtesting.
IftheServiceenginesoon
indicatorisonorthebulbdoesnot
work,thevehiclemayneedtobeserviced.RefertotheOnboard
diagnostics(OBD-II)descriptioninthischapter.
Ifthevehicle’sengineortransmissionhasjustbeenserviced,orthe
batteryhasrecentlyrundownorbeenreplaced,theOBD-IIsystemmay
indicatethatthevehicleisnotreadyforI/Mtesting.Todetermineifthe
vehicleisreadyforI/Mtesting,turntheignitionkeytotheONposition
for15secondswithoutcrankingtheengine.IftheServiceengine
soon
indicatorblinkseighttimes,itmeansthatthevehicleisnot
readyforI/Mtesting;iftheServiceenginesoon
indicatorstayson
solid,itmeansthatthevehicleisreadyforI/Mtesting.
TheOBD-IIsystemisdesignedtochecktheemissioncontrolsystem
duringnormaldriving.Acompletecheckmaytakeseveraldays.Ifthe
vehicleisnotreadyforI/Mtesting,thefollowingdrivingcycleconsisting
ofmixedcityandhighwaydrivingmaybeperformed:
15
minutesofsteadydrivingonanexpressway/highwayfollowedby20
minutesofstop-and-godrivingwithatleastfour30-secondidleperiods.
Allowthevehicletositforatleasteighthourswithoutstartingthe
engine.Then,starttheengineandcompletetheabovedrivingcycle.The
enginemustwarmuptoitsnormaloperatingtemperature.Oncestarted,
donotturnofftheengineuntiltheabovedrivingcycleiscomplete.If
thevehicleisstillnotreadyforI/Mtesting,theabovedrivingcyclewill
havetoberepeated.
POWER STEERING FLUID
Checkthepowersteeringfluid.Refertoscheduledmaintenance
informationfortheserviceintervalschedules.
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| Model Year | 2008 |
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