Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Weird Diagnostic Electronics

[Charles Perry (charles]

That Boxster problem is goofy. I found out about that when I swapped the
stereo in my wife's Boxster. Made the mistake of powering up the system
to test it before I had put her seat back in (amp & XM were under it).
Set the CEL. Nearly impossible to make a non-technical wife feel safe
about her driving her car when you tell her the CEL was triggered by the
seat belt being disconnected.

Quoth her, "I'm not stupid. What the hell does the seat belt have to do
with the motor. What did you do to my car?"

Strangely, my own OBD-II tester would not reset the light, but lister
Karl Troy was kind enough to do it for me. The Boxster (at least our
2001) is also sensationally sensitive to loose gas caps. Sets a CEL
every time. At least I can reset that one.

-- charles



-----Original Message-----
From: Doug and Terri Anderson [mailto:dnt [at] dock.net] 
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 11:37 AM
To: Charles Perry
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Need group wisdom on pricing for 2007 F430

>>Clyde sez "The modern electrics will not be the issue.  How many times

>>has a black box failed on you lately ?

Clyde -

The black box won't fail.  The problem is a technicians skill.  They
simply won't be able to diagnose a driveability problem - and then blame
the black box$. Since about 2002 there is a very complicated computer
system called CAN or CAN Protocols - even for the cheapest Chevy.

CAN Protocols include Controller Area Network (CAN), Local Interconnect
Network (LIN) and others.

Porsche (bless their little VW souls, now) had a huge check engine light
problem wiith the Boxster - turns out - - - seat belt latch ground. 
BUWAHAhahahahahahahahah  $$$ Opppps, sorry, it was just a loose bolt.

DOUG
Keeping his carbed 308 GTS until Owl Gored crushes it. 

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