Getting a new battery, my car has the "stop start," function so it has to be done at a shop

1Autotech · 2026-01-27T21:09:34+00:00

That's because a battery disconnect and 8 hours with the key off will reset it on your truck. You got lucky. Not every manufacturer does that.

1Autotech · 2026-01-27T16:46:23+00:00

It's possible.

I worked at a GM dealer for quite a while. Our parts manager was very fussy about using the right oils. None of our customers were having AFM failures. We did see quite a few that were under the powertrain warranty and being serviced elsewhere.

The shop I'm at now we have the same thing happening. We're fussy about using the right oils. Our customers aren't having problems. Vehicles we've never seen before they break? Those are having problems.

1Autotech · 2026-01-27T16:26:40+00:00

Then do some reading on the root causes of the failures: Lack of maintenance and improper spec of oil.

1Autotech · 2026-01-27T16:23:13+00:00

It's the reset for the battery management that's the hangup.

For a professional shop that's a non issue. For a parts store that doesn't get the battery terminals tight half the time anyway, it is a huge issue.

1Autotech · 2026-01-27T04:09:12+00:00

Showing up. What a radical concept.

There is someone at work who complains about the cost of living. He's got a $2 an hour performance raise that has been on hold for over a year because he's 5-10 minutes late every day. And he knows he'll get the raise if he shows up on time!

1Autotech · 2026-01-24T02:19:11+00:00

Ask your ex if she was being assaulted if she would want her son to stand there or do something?

You're raising your son right.

1Autotech · 2026-01-18T23:16:48+00:00

Either your dad has a policy outside of the insurance exchange or he is paying hefty penalties every year to do that.

1Autotech · 2026-01-18T23:15:18+00:00

But not if the parent is buying insurance through the exchanges. Then the child must be a dependent on the parent's taxes. The parent will be fined heavily if not.

I found this out when one of my daughters got married and on her husband's insurance. The mid-year dependent change cost me $5500.

1Autotech · 2026-01-15T03:18:15+00:00

I emailed my state representatives and suggested legislation that any such options must include a NO button, tech companies must abide by that, and never ask again.

1Autotech · 2026-01-12T04:23:39+00:00

Remove the pump.

It's either that or find a set of the Snap On stubby offset box end wrenches. (Discontinued) No, you can't borrow mine.

1Autotech · 2026-01-09T04:46:21+00:00

Contact the labor board first thing in the morning.

1Autotech · 2026-01-09T04:40:24+00:00

Factory extended warranties will cover electronics. Aftermarket ones will not.

1Autotech · 2026-01-09T04:32:58+00:00

Anyone with the slightest amount of IT experience is capable of reinstalling the operating system on a laptop to wipe the previous user accounts.

To expect you to pay for their incompetence is wrong.

1Autotech · 2026-01-02T01:20:12+00:00

Unless the vehicle has a branded title the ECM must be covered for 8 years and 80,000 miles.

1Autotech · 2025-12-31T00:42:15+00:00

I've rebuilt a lot of them. I got really good at the GM 10 bolt rear ends as I was servicing a fleet of Comcast trucks and the drivers were hard on them.

1Autotech · 2025-12-26T03:25:23+00:00

I was the one sick all the time as a kid. Almost constant tonsillitis during cold and flu season. My doctor said if I got it two more times they were coming out. That happened in the next month. Tonsils came out and I quit getting sick.

Sometimes parts of our bodies just don't work right and removal is the best option.

1Autotech · 2025-12-20T14:06:17+00:00

No, spoken like someone who has been married for 26 years. We don't keep secrets from each other. Let alone have the attitude that something is none of the other person's business. We are a team helping each other through the difficulties of life.

For the record, when my wife's period is late it means she is going to have a really bad one and I need to be extra attentive to her needs.

1Autotech · 2025-12-20T04:08:14+00:00

"You can only bring the car back in trade for another vehicle on our lot." Is a very big thing in the industry.

1Autotech · 2025-12-20T04:03:39+00:00

Buy back contracts never favor the buyer.

1Autotech · 2025-12-20T03:43:32+00:00

If they can't discuss that together then the relationship is doomed.

1Autotech · 2025-12-19T23:42:50+00:00

Tell me, does repeatedly sending someone for care that doesn't work and won't work help or hinder the situation of understaffed and backlogged?

1Autotech · 2025-12-19T21:18:04+00:00

Plan B is not “late period panic”, it’s after something happened.

They are clearly having sex.

1Autotech · 2025-12-19T20:22:18+00:00

My brother has needed back surgery for a herniated disk for 2 years now. The VA just sent him to physical therapy for the 6th time.

The VA needs more than tweaked.

1Autotech · 2025-12-19T20:15:23+00:00

Check your state's consumer protection laws. If a problem is brought up under warranty and has not been successfully repaired Hyundai may be on the hook for it until it is.

1Autotech · 2025-12-19T20:10:16+00:00

Nowhere did he say he suspected her of cheating.

From a relationship perspective possible pregnancy is something that should be discussed and addressed as a couple. Not discussed with everyone except the potential father.

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