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Hi
I bought a used Escape Hybrid, 2006 with 105,000 miles. It has been wonderful so far.
Recently the warning signal chimes and the "wrench: icon appears on the dash.
This happens only once in a while, but came on a few times today.
I was gonna change the oil, and while I was there mentioned it to the clerk, and she got the code reader and checked for codes, and to my surprise there were none.
What gives?
Oh, is it a big job to replace plugs, and should I replace wires/coils yet?
I bought a used Escape Hybrid, 2006 with 105,000 miles. It has been wonderful so far.
Recently the warning signal chimes and the "wrench: icon appears on the dash.
This happens only once in a while, but came on a few times today.
I was gonna change the oil, and while I was there mentioned it to the clerk, and she got the code reader and checked for codes, and to my surprise there were none.
What gives?
Oh, is it a big job to replace plugs, and should I replace wires/coils yet?
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The "clerk" probably had a "code reader" that isn't capable of reading some of the codes.
The wrench icon is in addition to to the MIL on your cluster. I haven't looked into the hybrid systems yet, but it would be my guess that the wrench indicator likely relates to a fault in something other than the OBDIII system.
The wrench icon is in addition to to the MIL on your cluster. I haven't looked into the hybrid systems yet, but it would be my guess that the wrench indicator likely relates to a fault in something other than the OBDIII system.
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Pardon my ignorance, but I don't know what MIL or OBDII mean and couldn't find a list.
What I'm getting from this is that there are layers of codes and only certain readers are capable of reading them, and the clerk had the wrong one, and I probably have to go to the dealer.
Does that sound right?
What I'm getting from this is that there are layers of codes and only certain readers are capable of reading them, and the clerk had the wrong one, and I probably have to go to the dealer.
Does that sound right?
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Pardon my ignorance, but I don't know what MIL or OBDII mean and couldn't find a list.
What I'm getting from this is that there are layers of codes and only certain readers are capable of reading them, and the clerk had the wrong one, and I probably have to go to the dealer.
Does that sound right?
What I'm getting from this is that there are layers of codes and only certain readers are capable of reading them, and the clerk had the wrong one, and I probably have to go to the dealer.
Does that sound right?
OBD-II is On Board Diagnostic. OBD-I is/was the first version, not sure when that started but became OBD-II around 1995/1996.
Only high end code reader or scanner will read all the codes in a vehicle. Of course, the dealer can read all of them for a price.
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