skim325
Jun 12, 2008, 07:53 PM
Hey all.
I drive a 1999 Honda Civic.
Well, technically I really don't drive it anymore... which I think where my problem stems from.
The battery on the car died a couple weeks ago, and remained dead for probably 1.5 weeks or so, till I got around to attempting to start it up, and keep it alive, which I have been doing for the last 5 months or so. Basically, long story short, have been attempting to move/drive the car for about 20 minutes or so 1-2 times a week.
Anyway, I'm trying to sell the car now, and went to go get an emission test on the vehicle.
The emissions test center associate told me they couldn't run the test because somehow the CPU in the car had lost all it's codes and doesn't have any records of having recorded a complete drive cycle.
So here's my problem. I can't get the emission test done until the CPU completes a drive cycle. I don't know what's required to complete a drive cycle on my particular car, and have been told that typically it's different for every car, and remains a mystery as to what is needed for the CPU to complete a drive cycle. Does anyone have any insight on how I could do that or any success stories on what they did in their particular case?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
-Sam
I drive a 1999 Honda Civic.
Well, technically I really don't drive it anymore... which I think where my problem stems from.
The battery on the car died a couple weeks ago, and remained dead for probably 1.5 weeks or so, till I got around to attempting to start it up, and keep it alive, which I have been doing for the last 5 months or so. Basically, long story short, have been attempting to move/drive the car for about 20 minutes or so 1-2 times a week.
Anyway, I'm trying to sell the car now, and went to go get an emission test on the vehicle.
The emissions test center associate told me they couldn't run the test because somehow the CPU in the car had lost all it's codes and doesn't have any records of having recorded a complete drive cycle.
So here's my problem. I can't get the emission test done until the CPU completes a drive cycle. I don't know what's required to complete a drive cycle on my particular car, and have been told that typically it's different for every car, and remains a mystery as to what is needed for the CPU to complete a drive cycle. Does anyone have any insight on how I could do that or any success stories on what they did in their particular case?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
-Sam