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Speaker 1: a no start call. William, Welcome back, sir. What's the deal? Well, thanks,

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Speaker 1: All right, we can't get to John. Let me tell

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Speaker 1: Frank Kilbride. Uh, you know, frankt vet. This is a

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the car doctor, sir, Are you there now? Yes?

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Speaker 1: Here you go? Hey John, how are you? How can

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Speaker 1: have you on the truck since now? Uh? No, I

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Speaker 1: But what have they done? Specific? Have they just pulled codes?

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Speaker 1: No codes? John, here's your truck back. You're done? Uh?

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Speaker 1: You know pretty much? They said, um, there were no codes. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And which engine is? This is the five seven six four?

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Speaker 1: would likely set a fault code. Okay, but I don't

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Speaker 1: what you can learn, what you can see. Does it

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Speaker 1: All right, Um, do those reset? So I'll tell you

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Speaker 1: right after this. Welcome back, run An the car doctor. John,

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Speaker 1: you're still there? Yea. So the issue here is and

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Speaker 1: Because this can be costly And I tell you that,

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Speaker 1: I tell you that right up front. Do I think

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Speaker 1: But you know there are things you can do. Even

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Speaker 1: look at all the vehicle grounds, all the important critical grounds.

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Speaker 1: There's there's there's wiring diagrams for each and every vehicle

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Speaker 1: Go to every ground location. Make sure they're all good,

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Speaker 1: everything connected to that, and that takes time. The other

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Speaker 1: go out saying that the PCM, the powertrain control modules

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Speaker 1: because understand the average the average vehicle computer has anywhere

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Speaker 1: all right, So you know that's definitely on the list.

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Speaker 1: I would go through the wiring harness like I described.

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Speaker 1: this truck has to. It might have three. Wiggle gently wiggle,

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Speaker 1: don't push it through the panel, but gently wiggle every fuse.

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Speaker 1: You know, you'd be surprised what we've what we've seen

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Speaker 1: I've just I've learned on on intermittent vehicles like yours.

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Speaker 1: all right. And while that that, that only gets me

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Speaker 1: It doesn't, it's completely dead nothing. Do you have dash

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Speaker 1: Look at what we just learned. John. All right, you're

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Speaker 1: if you don't have dashlights, you have no power input

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Speaker 1: Because what you're describing to me, if if and understand

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Speaker 1: And you've got to get this clear in your head,

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Speaker 1: But if this is how it happens. The truck stalls,

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Speaker 1: if the car has a dead battery, right, Okay, If

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Speaker 1: A PCM is not going to keep the dashlights from

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Speaker 1: and keep the dashlights from coming on. But a power

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Speaker 1: A bad ignition switch, you'll keep the car from turning

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Speaker 1: to do as a mechanic is go look at the

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Speaker 1: wiring diagram for the ignition switch input. Find the main

425
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:14,000
Speaker 1: power feed coming in. Because listen, everything has a circuit, right.

426
00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:16,440
Speaker 1: Think about the lights in your house. You got to

427
00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:17,919
Speaker 1: turn on a light in your house. We all take

428
00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,399
Speaker 1: it for granted. There's power on one side. We close

429
00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,119
Speaker 1: the switch, it it flows through the bulb and lights up. Boom,

430
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,520
Speaker 1: We're done. If that light didn't light up when you

431
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,160
Speaker 1: flick the switch, what could be the cause. It could

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Speaker 1: be a bad bulb, it could be a bad switch.

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00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,320
Speaker 1: It could be no power coming to the switch. If

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Speaker 1: you wanted to prove no power to the switch, how

435
00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:40,720
Speaker 1: would you do it in a car? We would either

436
00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:43,240
Speaker 1: put a meter, or we would wire in a one

437
00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:47,080
Speaker 1: side marker bulb or some small instrument bulb into that circuit,

438
00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:50,320
Speaker 1: and that bulb would be lit. And that's where I

439
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:52,520
Speaker 1: would start with this. I've had more than a few

440
00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,120
Speaker 1: bad ignition switches on cars over the years. I would

441
00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:58,840
Speaker 1: be very leery and wary of power in causing this.

442
00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,040
Speaker 1: No start this store all condition as you put it.

443
00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,159
Speaker 1: I bet when it happens, I bet it's like what

444
00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,000
Speaker 1: I bet. I bet when it happens, and then we're

445
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,159
Speaker 1: gonna run, John, I bet when it happens, it's as

446
00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:14,040
Speaker 1: if somebody turns the key right like boom right. This

447
00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,440
Speaker 1: is as as you know what, once you go take

448
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,520
Speaker 1: this truck for a ride and smack the ignition switch,

449
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:22,000
Speaker 1: abuse that a little bit. Don't don't have an accident,

450
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,040
Speaker 1: you know, just maybe just maybe flat pomp smack, you know,

451
00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,200
Speaker 1: beat up the top of the ignition column a little bit,

452
00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:29,240
Speaker 1: you know, can you get the vehicle to shut off?

453
00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:32,639
Speaker 1: Um the ignition switched the electrical portion of that is

454
00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:35,280
Speaker 1: in the column somewhere. I'm not exactly sure on a fourteen,

455
00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:39,159
Speaker 1: but you get my point. It sounds like you're losing

456
00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:43,720
Speaker 1: ignition or you're losing power through and to the ignition switch.

457
00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,040
Speaker 1: I would focus on that. I'm here for your brother.

458
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:47,480
Speaker 1: You call me back. You let me know where you are.

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00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:52,960
Speaker 1: All right? You take good care? Zero moving along, Gotta

460
00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,159
Speaker 1: get quicker. We got too many calls today. I'm run

461
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Speaker 1: any in the car doctor. I'll be back right after this,

462
00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:12,520
Speaker 1: The Car Doctor at five five zero nine zero zero

463
00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,920
Speaker 1: the car Doctor phone number. Call leave a message. Tom Ray,

464
00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,280
Speaker 1: executive producer, will call you back. Get you in the

465
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Speaker 1: next live broadcast. Let's go over to Mike in Montgomery,

466
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Speaker 1: New York, eleven, Chrysler Town and Country Random, no start.

467
00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:26,720
Speaker 1: What is it with Chrysler's and no starts installing today?

468
00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,440
Speaker 1: It must be something in the water water Mike. Welcome

469
00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:34,240
Speaker 1: to the Car Doctor, Sir, How can I help? I'm

470
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:38,400
Speaker 1: doing good? Uh twenty that that car? Uh. About three

471
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:42,359
Speaker 1: years ago I replaced the battery because it went totally dead.

472
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,840
Speaker 1: And ever since I did that occasionally in the car,

473
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,680
Speaker 1: maybe one to three times a year. It going to

474
00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,919
Speaker 1: like a no stock condition, so I would have like

475
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,359
Speaker 1: like a dead battery, so I would run it through

476
00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,840
Speaker 1: a new true park. Uh, sometimes it start right up,

477
00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:01,120
Speaker 1: and sometimes I if you pushed to rock the car

478
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,119
Speaker 1: back and forth to start it, and eventually I just

479
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:08,120
Speaker 1: uh want to the tipping box and pressed on all

480
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,480
Speaker 1: the fuses in it started, and the wire under the

481
00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,479
Speaker 1: box also started. And to make a we also when

482
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,879
Speaker 1: I replaced the started because I thought that was the problem,

483
00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,280
Speaker 1: but it did it after that. But the question I

484
00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,560
Speaker 1: have to you about the tipping if I had that,

485
00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,800
Speaker 1: if that is the problem and I had to replace

486
00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,959
Speaker 1: where they have to reflash that, yes, like the computer,

487
00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,119
Speaker 1: they would write a lot of them. Yes, I believe

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00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,359
Speaker 1: I have. I haven't seen one that hasn't had to

489
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,600
Speaker 1: be flashed yet. So the answer to that is yes now.

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00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,439
Speaker 1: And I don't think from your description this is the fault,

491
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:40,480
Speaker 1: but I just want to mention it. You know, this

492
00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 1: particular generation Chrysler also has problems with the fuel pump. Okay,

493
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,880
Speaker 1: all right, and there's there's you also want to get

494
00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:50,880
Speaker 1: your hands on if you're talking about flash and get

495
00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:54,679
Speaker 1: your hands on Chrysler bulletin eighteen, DASH one, thirteen, DASH

496
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,000
Speaker 1: sixteen and It talks about a software update for the

497
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:01,320
Speaker 1: strategy on how the vehicle computer looks at fuel pump

498
00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 1: input to decide whether or not to run the fuel pump.

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00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,080
Speaker 1: But that won't keep the vehicle from cranking. You're describing

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00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:11,199
Speaker 1: a no crank condition, correct, right, So, But as long

501
00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:15,200
Speaker 1: as we're troubleshooting and you know, listen, you know years ago,

502
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 1: I'll tell you a little story. Years ago when we

503
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,960
Speaker 1: worked on cars and we did a water pump. You

504
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,959
Speaker 1: did a water pump, you did hose as, you did

505
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,200
Speaker 1: a thermostat, you did cooling. It was a system repair, right,

506
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,720
Speaker 1: same thing, same thing with modern cars. You know, when

507
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:33,280
Speaker 1: we're working on a no start condition, that's a no crank,

508
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,520
Speaker 1: But there's a known software update for fuel pump strategy

509
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:42,120
Speaker 1: or known software update for communication on the data bus.

510
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 1: You know what, get the software update done, software updates.

511
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:48,480
Speaker 1: To me, it's just the whole system repair. It all

512
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,760
Speaker 1: comes under the heading of the car won't start. You know,

513
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,080
Speaker 1: the last thing in the world you want to do

514
00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:55,480
Speaker 1: is be you know, stuck at the drive in movie

515
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:58,360
Speaker 1: on Saturday night. I'm dating myself here, Mike, um. But

516
00:28:58,480 --> 00:28:59,840
Speaker 1: you get the idea, and you're trying to get the

517
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:02,200
Speaker 1: car start at eleven o'clock at night while the starter

518
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,080
Speaker 1: cranks as we put a new starter in it, put

519
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,320
Speaker 1: the software will let the fuel pump work. Because there's

520
00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,080
Speaker 1: a problem with the software. And now we've got the

521
00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:12,840
Speaker 1: second problem. Let's fix everything all at once. So you know,

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Speaker 1: is that something you're thinking of doing yourself to tip them? Uh?

523
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 1: I could, but if it has to be re fleshed,

524
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 1: I can't go that way. I would bring it to

525
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,720
Speaker 1: the deal. Well, and that's number one, and number two.

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00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,280
Speaker 1: The other thing you want to check is is the

527
00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:32,160
Speaker 1: tip of them available? And well, because the other problem

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00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:35,240
Speaker 1: Chrysler's had, and I don't understand this, it's been going

529
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:37,360
Speaker 1: on for a very long time, but it seems that

530
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,240
Speaker 1: a lot of the tip of modules for Chrysler's they

531
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 1: go on back order, they come off back order. So

532
00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:45,320
Speaker 1: I tell everybody before you take anything of this nature

533
00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:47,800
Speaker 1: apart on a Chrysler, make sure you have the part

534
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,520
Speaker 1: in your hand so you can look at and go, okay,

535
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,800
Speaker 1: we're good, you know, make the change and and and

536
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,360
Speaker 1: otherwise you're gonna take the car apart and put it

537
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 1: back together when you find out you can't necessarily get

538
00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:01,160
Speaker 1: the part Chrysler for whatever reason, not to pick on them,

539
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 1: but it seems like they've got some of the worst backfill,

540
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:06,320
Speaker 1: back order issues. And I don't want to say in

541
00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:09,200
Speaker 1: the past six months because with COVID, you know, everybody

542
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 1: gets a pass in my mind, but it seems that

543
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,360
Speaker 1: over the years Chrysler, Chrysler and Volkswagen are probably the

544
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,520
Speaker 1: two toughest cars to get parts for at various times.

545
00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:22,120
Speaker 1: And I'm not quite sure why. You know, it's they're

546
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,440
Speaker 1: both big companies, and they both should they both should

547
00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,520
Speaker 1: be able to do better and know better. Just my

548
00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:29,920
Speaker 1: two sons. Thank you, all right, sir, But get a

549
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:31,640
Speaker 1: look at that get a look at that bulletin, and

550
00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:34,840
Speaker 1: uh see what that does for you. Okay, okay, could

551
00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:38,280
Speaker 1: I ask you one quick question? One quick question? Oh

552
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:45,160
Speaker 1: uh recoding fuel injectors. I was looking for new scandals.

553
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:47,600
Speaker 1: I just noticed that. I didn't realize you how to

554
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,960
Speaker 1: do that. When did they actually like start coming out

555
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:55,760
Speaker 1: with the recoding like about ten years ago? Okay, it's

556
00:30:55,760 --> 00:31:00,240
Speaker 1: been it's been around a while, yeah, Diesels, Yeah, because

557
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,240
Speaker 1: they want the ability to fine tune. You gotta remember

558
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:09,280
Speaker 1: what everybody forgets is in nineteen it was nothing to

559
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:11,480
Speaker 1: do about emissions. It was how fast will it go?

560
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,360
Speaker 1: How much can we sneak past the insurance company, and

561
00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:17,320
Speaker 1: how much gas can we get it to burn? All right,

562
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,600
Speaker 1: you know, we we've kind of gone the other way.

563
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,960
Speaker 1: Now what what to the nth degree can we do

564
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 1: to control emissions? And you know, the heck with the

565
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,440
Speaker 1: cost for repair, because if it's too expensive, we'll just

566
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 1: get him to buy another car or vehicle. All right.

567
00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,920
Speaker 1: I saw you. I saw a YouTube video the other

568
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:36,800
Speaker 1: day that kind of blew my mind. They were talking

569
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 1: about how the repair shop of the future, the dealership

570
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:46,280
Speaker 1: of the future, will have no parts department, okay, and

571
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 1: the mechanic will have access to a three D printer.

572
00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:55,400
Speaker 1: Think about this, somebody's actually it's scary that somebody's thinking

573
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 1: about this. And we needed, we needed, we needed we

574
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,480
Speaker 1: need a door handle, we need you know, a bell crank,

575
00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:06,240
Speaker 1: we need you know, a water pump. Okay, We're gonna

576
00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 1: get the printer to make it for us, and then

577
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:11,560
Speaker 1: a symbol of the pieces. You know. It's just wow,

578
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,640
Speaker 1: really that's and if it's something the three D printer

579
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:19,640
Speaker 1: can't make for the technician in the bay, Amazon's Amazon

580
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 1: is going to deliver it from a main central depot.

581
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:24,840
Speaker 1: Because when the car gets when when that when that

582
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,280
Speaker 1: self driving car gets scheduled for service, When a self

583
00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:31,200
Speaker 1: driving car gets scheduled for its thirty thousand mile service,

584
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,480
Speaker 1: whatever that's gonna look like. An email is sent to

585
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 1: Amazon headquarters and their distribution warehouse brings over whatever necessarily

586
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 1: parts the technician is going to need to service that car.

587
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 1: Kind of scary stuff. I gotta go, Michael. Good luck

588
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:46,840
Speaker 1: to you, and I appreciate the call. Thanks a lot.

589
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:48,520
Speaker 1: I'm run on any of the car doctor. We'll be

590
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 1: back right after this. Welcome back on in any of

591
00:32:58,120 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 1: the car doctor. I should point out too, and we

592
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,360
Speaker 1: arts of the does a tip of totally integrated power

593
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,600
Speaker 1: module question doesn't have to be programmed. That also depends

594
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 1: on the vehicle. That also depends on the module itself.

595
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:11,880
Speaker 1: If the module has failed completely, the problem is I

596
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:14,440
Speaker 1: have to explain it like this. The problem is the

597
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,800
Speaker 1: then the vehicle serial number has to be programmed as

598
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:21,880
Speaker 1: part of a tip of replacement. If if the tip

599
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: of has is good and functioning, it's a scan tool function,

600
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,120
Speaker 1: or it should be a scan tool function about restore

601
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,080
Speaker 1: vehicle configuration. But at the tip of if the if

602
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 1: the if the module itself has failed, if the module's

603
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 1: bid and won't wake up, how do you get the

604
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 1: information out of it? There's a reflesh and another reset

605
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,280
Speaker 1: procedure you have to go through to restore it back

606
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 1: to factory default. So you know it's yes, you need

607
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 1: a scan tool. Yes, there's a degree of programming or

608
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 1: configuration there um on some of them. It's simple plug

609
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 1: in play, So be sure be a little wary of

610
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 1: what you're doing. Uh you know, if you're thinking of

611
00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 1: doing this, you're so off. And that's true in any

612
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:04,680
Speaker 1: software flash. And you know, uh, very few of the

613
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,640
Speaker 1: software flashes I've done in my career to this point

614
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:09,880
Speaker 1: have been simple, just straight up plug and play. I

615
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,320
Speaker 1: could count on one hand the number of times a

616
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:16,680
Speaker 1: software flesh has been plug play, go boom done. Because

617
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:22,440
Speaker 1: it seems like there's always a a complication is the

618
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 1: word I'm looking for. And it's just something that I'm

619
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,560
Speaker 1: just very very careful of and uh, very much aware.

620
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,920
Speaker 1: So just just be mindful of that and uh, you know,

621
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 1: you'll be fine. But like I said, the first and

622
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,920
Speaker 1: very most important thing is can you get that? Um?

623
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:42,040
Speaker 1: Can you get that module because that is an issue too. Hey,

624
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:43,760
Speaker 1: just you know, I want to thank you for stopping

625
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:45,520
Speaker 1: by this hour. I was gonna talk about this in

626
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,960
Speaker 1: the hour, and we'll talk about it again in another show. Um,

627
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:54,000
Speaker 1: texting in your car and the complications, uh you know

628
00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: that that creates, and and how it's changing the language

629
00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:00,239
Speaker 1: we use to communicate with one another, whereas a well

630
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 1: yes doesn't work because you have to say yes, I

631
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,400
Speaker 1: agree to that and the whole conversation. We'll have it

632
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:06,880
Speaker 1: again at another time. I wanted to talk about it

633
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 1: this Sarah, but I can't because it's time to go.

634
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 1: And as always, I'm Ron and any in the car

635
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 1: doctor reminding each and every one of you. Good mechanics

636
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:19,040
Speaker 1: aren't expensive, they're priceless. Let's see you