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I didnt say it picked up a different code.. I said one print out offered more information than the other. Thats the only reason I suggested having it read elsewhere. This is the reason I hate newer vehicles, there are soooo many things that can go wrong and you dont have a clue what it is until you plug a damn computer in.
 
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Originally Posted by rangerstepside
dranger024- pushin 140k.

and for the result............drumroll please..................... good ol' iced up mass air flow sensor. cleaned it up a bit and the code cleared. back to 0 codes.
Glad you got 'er fixed! Must have been some nasty weather to ice up your MAF. I'm from the UP and I've never even heard of that happening.
 
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ya i agree dranger024. newer vehicles do take a pain to find probems. but some are easy to find also with obd2. and ya it was some nasty snow, got up to 11 inches and i was out for 6 hours pulling people out of ditches and doin some roadside assistance. was a nasty time. bout 0 out. and couldn't see a damn thing.
 
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Originally Posted by Dranger024
I didnt say it picked up a different code.. I said one print out offered more information than the other. Thats the only reason I suggested having it read elsewhere. This is the reason I hate newer vehicles, there are soooo many things that can go wrong and you dont have a clue what it is until you plug a damn computer in.
Gotcha, that makes sense, I misunderstood what you said.

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dranger024- pushin 140k.

and for the result............drumroll please..................... good ol' iced up mass air flow sensor. cleaned it up a bit and the code cleared. back to 0 codes.
lol
 
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^^i gotta agree sometimes you gotta go another place to read codes cuz some of these guys at the part stores have NO idea what they are doing. kinda hard to mess up reading codes, but some of these guys dont even finish high school. thats why i usually try to let them let me do it myself.
 
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