What's your take on this?
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Well, they worry if you leave the charging port door open too long some of the hamsters might escape or/and fall out on the road (- or maybe the little imp that checks the tire pressures.) hence, you should check.
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I drive a 2013 Chevy Volt. Coolest car I've ever owned. The dashboard display has all the bells and whistles and whatnot. It shows me messages in plain text (or some cute little graphic) for pretty much everything. Tire pressure for each tire, low traction, battery vs. engine usage, temperature, blah blah blah. If you open a door, a little car icon shows which door is open, etc. you get the idea. So here's the thing... The little door that covers my charging port gets stuck once in a while. And when it does, the FREAKING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT comes on! No message, no clue whatsoever as to what's actually going on. So what do you think? Did Chevy go over budget and couldn't afford to add ONE more error message? Did they really think people would figure out that the check-engine-light could also mean something wrong with the charging port door? Seriously? I mean if I was the programmer for that thing, I would have "gone the extra mile" and added the charging port message. :mad:
Just today I worked on the tool that keeps track of the microcontrollers and their software versions in prototypes of new vehicles. Quite possible that they did not bother to spend much time developing a new code version, possibly requiring a microontroller with more memory. It's the testing that makes such a change quite expensive. They probably used an existing controller and software version and put this sensor on an unused input.
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I drive a 2013 Chevy Volt. Coolest car I've ever owned. The dashboard display has all the bells and whistles and whatnot. It shows me messages in plain text (or some cute little graphic) for pretty much everything. Tire pressure for each tire, low traction, battery vs. engine usage, temperature, blah blah blah. If you open a door, a little car icon shows which door is open, etc. you get the idea. So here's the thing... The little door that covers my charging port gets stuck once in a while. And when it does, the FREAKING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT comes on! No message, no clue whatsoever as to what's actually going on. So what do you think? Did Chevy go over budget and couldn't afford to add ONE more error message? Did they really think people would figure out that the check-engine-light could also mean something wrong with the charging port door? Seriously? I mean if I was the programmer for that thing, I would have "gone the extra mile" and added the charging port message. :mad:
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Well, there's nothing relevant in the manual: chevrolet.com/content/dam/Chevrolet/northamerica/usa/nscwebsite/en/Home/Ownership/Manuals_and_Videos/02_pdf/2k13volt.pdf[^]
Yeah I think the manual says something about it being a potentially serious electrical problem and I need to take the car in to be serviced, which nearly had me freaking out since I only had the car for 2 months at that point. Fortunately, after a large number of google searches, I found one guy who discovered that by spraying WD-40 (oil) on the charging port door latch, the check-engine light goes away. I tried it and sure enough he was correct. It was at that moment that I had the most epic facepalm ever. :wtf:
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I drive a 2013 Chevy Volt. Coolest car I've ever owned. The dashboard display has all the bells and whistles and whatnot. It shows me messages in plain text (or some cute little graphic) for pretty much everything. Tire pressure for each tire, low traction, battery vs. engine usage, temperature, blah blah blah. If you open a door, a little car icon shows which door is open, etc. you get the idea. So here's the thing... The little door that covers my charging port gets stuck once in a while. And when it does, the FREAKING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT comes on! No message, no clue whatsoever as to what's actually going on. So what do you think? Did Chevy go over budget and couldn't afford to add ONE more error message? Did they really think people would figure out that the check-engine-light could also mean something wrong with the charging port door? Seriously? I mean if I was the programmer for that thing, I would have "gone the extra mile" and added the charging port message. :mad:
TonyManso wrote:
Did they really think people would figure out that the check-engine-light could also mean something wrong with the charging port door?
Or they could have hoped that most would take it in to the dealership and pay the ~$100 diagnostic fee. Easy money on their part.
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Yeah I think the manual says something about it being a potentially serious electrical problem and I need to take the car in to be serviced, which nearly had me freaking out since I only had the car for 2 months at that point. Fortunately, after a large number of google searches, I found one guy who discovered that by spraying WD-40 (oil) on the charging port door latch, the check-engine light goes away. I tried it and sure enough he was correct. It was at that moment that I had the most epic facepalm ever. :wtf:
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I drive a 2013 Chevy Volt. Coolest car I've ever owned. The dashboard display has all the bells and whistles and whatnot. It shows me messages in plain text (or some cute little graphic) for pretty much everything. Tire pressure for each tire, low traction, battery vs. engine usage, temperature, blah blah blah. If you open a door, a little car icon shows which door is open, etc. you get the idea. So here's the thing... The little door that covers my charging port gets stuck once in a while. And when it does, the FREAKING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT comes on! No message, no clue whatsoever as to what's actually going on. So what do you think? Did Chevy go over budget and couldn't afford to add ONE more error message? Did they really think people would figure out that the check-engine-light could also mean something wrong with the charging port door? Seriously? I mean if I was the programmer for that thing, I would have "gone the extra mile" and added the charging port message. :mad:
They're following the apple template -- if one tiny thing goes wrong, throw it away and buy another one.
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Yeah I think the manual says something about it being a potentially serious electrical problem and I need to take the car in to be serviced, which nearly had me freaking out since I only had the car for 2 months at that point. Fortunately, after a large number of google searches, I found one guy who discovered that by spraying WD-40 (oil) on the charging port door latch, the check-engine light goes away. I tried it and sure enough he was correct. It was at that moment that I had the most epic facepalm ever. :wtf:
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I drive a 2013 Chevy Volt. Coolest car I've ever owned. The dashboard display has all the bells and whistles and whatnot. It shows me messages in plain text (or some cute little graphic) for pretty much everything. Tire pressure for each tire, low traction, battery vs. engine usage, temperature, blah blah blah. If you open a door, a little car icon shows which door is open, etc. you get the idea. So here's the thing... The little door that covers my charging port gets stuck once in a while. And when it does, the FREAKING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT comes on! No message, no clue whatsoever as to what's actually going on. So what do you think? Did Chevy go over budget and couldn't afford to add ONE more error message? Did they really think people would figure out that the check-engine-light could also mean something wrong with the charging port door? Seriously? I mean if I was the programmer for that thing, I would have "gone the extra mile" and added the charging port message. :mad:
TonyManso wrote:
So what do you think? Did Chevy go over budget and couldn't afford to add ONE more error message?
I think they cut some corners they thought nobody would notice. Error message for the charging port door being left open, headroom for people taller than munchkins, etc. Besides, if you left the door open and drove around in a salt-laden environment for a few weeks, you might find that you need a bigger repair than just closing the door.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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TonyManso wrote:
So what do you think? Did Chevy go over budget and couldn't afford to add ONE more error message?
I think they cut some corners they thought nobody would notice. Error message for the charging port door being left open, headroom for people taller than munchkins, etc. Besides, if you left the door open and drove around in a salt-laden environment for a few weeks, you might find that you need a bigger repair than just closing the door.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
