False Service Indicator Triggering
01-02-2004, 02:50 PM
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Re: False Service Indicator Triggering
ECB wrote:
> I decided to try going through the airport security gate a few more
> times.....could not trigger the Check Engine light again ... until
> this lunchtime. Bingo! Check Engine light appeared just as I
> drove through the gate ... It cannot be just a coincidence that
> this happened 3 times. Gotta be the electronics in the gate.
> One other factor: there is an array of antennas nearby (about
> 75 feet away) that may contribute to or be the actual cause.
>
> Ed B.
>
>>
>> Wondering if any one else has experience something similar
>> to the following.
>>
>> On 12/22 I drove through the Security gate at the local airport
>> (it's the type gate requiring a card to be placed against a reader
>> to trigger the gate open). As I drove I noticed the Service
>> Indicator light on my 2000 Honda CRV.
>>
>> I ended up paying more than $300 for the replacement of the O2
>> Sensor unit.
>>
>> On 12/27 I drove to the airport again .... after exiting the airport
>> through the security gate .... you guessed it ... the Service
>> Indicator light came on.
>>
>> At this writing I am convincing the auto service establishment
>> that the original O2 Sensor did not have to be replaced as the
>> Service Indicator was false from the get-go.
>>
>> I have heard that some cell phones and radar detector units can
>> trigger Service Indicators .... anyone heard of Security Gates
>> causing the same???
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Ed B.
Are you the guy that was holding up traffic at the airport that kept going
thru the gate, backing up and going thru it over and over?
> I decided to try going through the airport security gate a few more
> times.....could not trigger the Check Engine light again ... until
> this lunchtime. Bingo! Check Engine light appeared just as I
> drove through the gate ... It cannot be just a coincidence that
> this happened 3 times. Gotta be the electronics in the gate.
> One other factor: there is an array of antennas nearby (about
> 75 feet away) that may contribute to or be the actual cause.
>
> Ed B.
>
>>
>> Wondering if any one else has experience something similar
>> to the following.
>>
>> On 12/22 I drove through the Security gate at the local airport
>> (it's the type gate requiring a card to be placed against a reader
>> to trigger the gate open). As I drove I noticed the Service
>> Indicator light on my 2000 Honda CRV.
>>
>> I ended up paying more than $300 for the replacement of the O2
>> Sensor unit.
>>
>> On 12/27 I drove to the airport again .... after exiting the airport
>> through the security gate .... you guessed it ... the Service
>> Indicator light came on.
>>
>> At this writing I am convincing the auto service establishment
>> that the original O2 Sensor did not have to be replaced as the
>> Service Indicator was false from the get-go.
>>
>> I have heard that some cell phones and radar detector units can
>> trigger Service Indicators .... anyone heard of Security Gates
>> causing the same???
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Ed B.
Are you the guy that was holding up traffic at the airport that kept going
thru the gate, backing up and going thru it over and over?
01-02-2004, 02:50 PM
#32
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Re: False Service Indicator Triggering
ECB wrote:
> I decided to try going through the airport security gate a few more
> times.....could not trigger the Check Engine light again ... until
> this lunchtime. Bingo! Check Engine light appeared just as I
> drove through the gate ... It cannot be just a coincidence that
> this happened 3 times. Gotta be the electronics in the gate.
> One other factor: there is an array of antennas nearby (about
> 75 feet away) that may contribute to or be the actual cause.
>
> Ed B.
>
>>
>> Wondering if any one else has experience something similar
>> to the following.
>>
>> On 12/22 I drove through the Security gate at the local airport
>> (it's the type gate requiring a card to be placed against a reader
>> to trigger the gate open). As I drove I noticed the Service
>> Indicator light on my 2000 Honda CRV.
>>
>> I ended up paying more than $300 for the replacement of the O2
>> Sensor unit.
>>
>> On 12/27 I drove to the airport again .... after exiting the airport
>> through the security gate .... you guessed it ... the Service
>> Indicator light came on.
>>
>> At this writing I am convincing the auto service establishment
>> that the original O2 Sensor did not have to be replaced as the
>> Service Indicator was false from the get-go.
>>
>> I have heard that some cell phones and radar detector units can
>> trigger Service Indicators .... anyone heard of Security Gates
>> causing the same???
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Ed B.
Are you the guy that was holding up traffic at the airport that kept going
thru the gate, backing up and going thru it over and over?
> I decided to try going through the airport security gate a few more
> times.....could not trigger the Check Engine light again ... until
> this lunchtime. Bingo! Check Engine light appeared just as I
> drove through the gate ... It cannot be just a coincidence that
> this happened 3 times. Gotta be the electronics in the gate.
> One other factor: there is an array of antennas nearby (about
> 75 feet away) that may contribute to or be the actual cause.
>
> Ed B.
>
>>
>> Wondering if any one else has experience something similar
>> to the following.
>>
>> On 12/22 I drove through the Security gate at the local airport
>> (it's the type gate requiring a card to be placed against a reader
>> to trigger the gate open). As I drove I noticed the Service
>> Indicator light on my 2000 Honda CRV.
>>
>> I ended up paying more than $300 for the replacement of the O2
>> Sensor unit.
>>
>> On 12/27 I drove to the airport again .... after exiting the airport
>> through the security gate .... you guessed it ... the Service
>> Indicator light came on.
>>
>> At this writing I am convincing the auto service establishment
>> that the original O2 Sensor did not have to be replaced as the
>> Service Indicator was false from the get-go.
>>
>> I have heard that some cell phones and radar detector units can
>> trigger Service Indicators .... anyone heard of Security Gates
>> causing the same???
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Ed B.
Are you the guy that was holding up traffic at the airport that kept going
thru the gate, backing up and going thru it over and over?
01-02-2004, 02:50 PM
#33
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Re: False Service Indicator Triggering
ECB wrote:
> I decided to try going through the airport security gate a few more
> times.....could not trigger the Check Engine light again ... until
> this lunchtime. Bingo! Check Engine light appeared just as I
> drove through the gate ... It cannot be just a coincidence that
> this happened 3 times. Gotta be the electronics in the gate.
> One other factor: there is an array of antennas nearby (about
> 75 feet away) that may contribute to or be the actual cause.
>
> Ed B.
>
>>
>> Wondering if any one else has experience something similar
>> to the following.
>>
>> On 12/22 I drove through the Security gate at the local airport
>> (it's the type gate requiring a card to be placed against a reader
>> to trigger the gate open). As I drove I noticed the Service
>> Indicator light on my 2000 Honda CRV.
>>
>> I ended up paying more than $300 for the replacement of the O2
>> Sensor unit.
>>
>> On 12/27 I drove to the airport again .... after exiting the airport
>> through the security gate .... you guessed it ... the Service
>> Indicator light came on.
>>
>> At this writing I am convincing the auto service establishment
>> that the original O2 Sensor did not have to be replaced as the
>> Service Indicator was false from the get-go.
>>
>> I have heard that some cell phones and radar detector units can
>> trigger Service Indicators .... anyone heard of Security Gates
>> causing the same???
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Ed B.
Are you the guy that was holding up traffic at the airport that kept going
thru the gate, backing up and going thru it over and over?
> I decided to try going through the airport security gate a few more
> times.....could not trigger the Check Engine light again ... until
> this lunchtime. Bingo! Check Engine light appeared just as I
> drove through the gate ... It cannot be just a coincidence that
> this happened 3 times. Gotta be the electronics in the gate.
> One other factor: there is an array of antennas nearby (about
> 75 feet away) that may contribute to or be the actual cause.
>
> Ed B.
>
>>
>> Wondering if any one else has experience something similar
>> to the following.
>>
>> On 12/22 I drove through the Security gate at the local airport
>> (it's the type gate requiring a card to be placed against a reader
>> to trigger the gate open). As I drove I noticed the Service
>> Indicator light on my 2000 Honda CRV.
>>
>> I ended up paying more than $300 for the replacement of the O2
>> Sensor unit.
>>
>> On 12/27 I drove to the airport again .... after exiting the airport
>> through the security gate .... you guessed it ... the Service
>> Indicator light came on.
>>
>> At this writing I am convincing the auto service establishment
>> that the original O2 Sensor did not have to be replaced as the
>> Service Indicator was false from the get-go.
>>
>> I have heard that some cell phones and radar detector units can
>> trigger Service Indicators .... anyone heard of Security Gates
>> causing the same???
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Ed B.
Are you the guy that was holding up traffic at the airport that kept going
thru the gate, backing up and going thru it over and over?
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