2002 Dodge Grand Caravan -- Yellow engine light would not go

On this forum, some body told me how to find the fault codes. I
switched off and on the ignition key and found following codes:
P 168.4
P O44.2
P O45.5
P O45.6

Is there something I can do about it? Dealer wants to charge me $80
just to tell what is wrong with it.

 

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They are evaporative leak failure codes. Meaning that your vehicle is
letting fuel vapors leak into the atmosphere. Since one of the codes is a
large leak and another is a small leak the first thing you can do is make
sure your gas cap is tight.
Other then that you can check for a cracked hose behind the air cleaner box
and another hose under the vehicle that goes to the evap purge solonoid.
If you take it to the dealer to have them check it out more then likely they
will perform a smoke test on the system to locate any and all leaks and it
will be more then $80. But this machine will find the leaks. And the other
fault code is a battery disconnect fault.

good luck
Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech

 

leaking fuel vapors into the atmosphere is the quote. hmmm a emissions system
failure and the dealer wants you to pay for check out time on something thats is
emissions related and ins't there a 8/80 emissions warranty on that van

 

Not true again. Now let me ask you this question Dirty. If you acually
believe that.......when a customers car comes in to the shop you work at
(that is if you work in a shop) and it fails for a evap code such as in
question and it has 50K on the odometer......do you tell the customer to
take it to the dealer and have them fix it?

Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech

 

Answer the question, Glenn. The OP took it to a dealer. You told him to
take it to a dealer. He's not taking it to Dirty's shop, he's taking it to
the
dealer. Isn't the a federally mandated emissions warranty on all cars?
Isn't
this an emissions failure?

Ted

 

Absolutely not a covered component!!! All you need to do is read the book
that came with any new car and it will list all federal emissions
components. Plugs and wires are not 8/80..if you have a bad plug or wire it
isn't covered. Its just one of those things that Dirty does...
My question to Dirty was if he thinks it should be warranted does he send
his customers to the dealer????? If the vehicle was out of warranty 3/36 and
had a MAX care service contract it would cover it. If it had an added care
service contract it would not cover it.

Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech

 

I don't think my first reply went thru.
First of all I didn't tell the OP to take it to the dealer Ted. I said
IF!!!!

If you take it to the dealer to have them check it out more then likely
they
will perform a smoke test on the system to locate any and all leaks and it
will be more then $80. But this machine will find the leaks. And the other
fault code is a battery disconnect fault.


Absolutely not a covered component!!! All you need to do is read the book
that came with any new car and it will list all federal emissions
components. Plugs and wires are not 8/80..if you have a bad plug or wire it
isn't covered. Its just one of those things that Dirty does...
My question to Dirty was if he thinks it should be warranted does he send
his customers to the dealer????? If the vehicle was out of warranty 3/36 and
had a MAX care service contract it would cover it. If it had an added care
service contract it would not cover it.

Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech

 

if it is indeed covered under a warranty i will tell the customer it might
be and he/ she comes bac because i saved them some money and they always do
and i do brakes and all the maintenance u the dealer charges way to much
for
and it does happen on a regular basis

 

it most certainly is but the dealer will try to make a customer pay for it it's
like saying you have to do all your maintence here or your factory warranty is
not covered

 

you know as well as i do your boss and my old boss does get plugs covered under
warranty all the time

 

I have nothing else to say to you Dirty, your an idiot

 

Sorry but I have to reply to this.YOU SAY. "if it is indeed covered under
a warranty I will tell the customer it might be" (IT MIGHT BE?)

So instead of getting the proper answer for your self, you tell your
customers to take it to the dealer it may be covered!! And then what
Dirty? They go there and find out it isnt.....do they now bring the car
back to you because it isnt a covered part???? How many times do you have
these customers run back and fourth before you get the hint that it isnt
covered???

Man I'm sorry I had to get a good laugh on that.

 

admit it asshole you know i'm right

 

it's a emission system failure it's covered
i have found out there is some very nasty dealers out there and they will say
it is not covered when it is just so they can make more money
just like you saying the maintenance must be done at the dealer or we will
not honor your warranty and i know you have seen that or have been part of
that at one time or another

 

and why do you use 2 nics????

 

Another one of your lies. I have never said you must take it to the dealer.

Little boy, all you have to do is call the toll free number in the back of
the owners manual to answer most of your questions.

You still havent answered my question

 

Ahhhh. Don't answer a question with a question Dirty