Hi Michael, Yep, a lot of manufacturers will not touch a vehicle that is salvage if they can avoid it, remember Otmar buying a crashed Model S? So, I typically count on being on my own when doing this - make sure you have the service docs and the means to read and reset codes from the car. Often enough it is simply an airbag controller telling that it has detected a crash or it is detecting a missing sensor or squib or anything else that you may have missed, some vehicles even detect issues such as an unexpected brake pressure (if the vehicle was powered while you were replacing brake pads and it detected that you pushed the old pads back in, to make space for the new pads, sending oil back to the brake controller, it will throw and remember a code, as I noticed on my 2005 Prius). Simple codes like brake or missing sensor input is usually solved by making sure everything is in normal operational state and then resetting the controller. Hard codes like an Airbag controller detecting a collision are not user resettable, you either have to replace the controller and hope that the VIN of the car is not stored in the controller, or you have to open the controller, read the memory, wipe the hard code string from the dump and write it back into memory and then hope it will have forgotten the previous event. There are "airbag controller reset services" on Ebay, charging around $50 for this. But it simply all starts with having a code reading that connects to the OBD bus and shows what the car is complaining about, so you have an idea if you can solve this yourself or not.
Hope this helps, Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info http://www.proxim.com This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Kadie via EV Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 8:22 AM To: 'Electric Vehicle Discussion List' Subject: [EVDL] Electron Automotive - Any experiences? I have a friend that bought a Chevy Volt with front end damage. He replace the charger and charger connector and fixed the front end damage. The Chevy dealer says its throwing codes and 'no one will touch it'. Any recommendations? Any opinions about Electron Automotive? We are in LA Thanks, Michael Tyrannosaurus Kadie _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
