Bypass it now before it arbitrarily turns your vehicle into a giant brick.
The wife's 2011 diesel has had a CEL for the long term DEF adaptations being out of range and more recently that the DEF tank was low. I figured the CEL was related to the low level so I filled it up expecting both messages to go away after the adaptations adjusted. Instead on Monday it decided to go into self destruct mode saying that it could only be started 16 more times. Apparently other manufacturers will shut down in the middle of the road if the system faults. In addition it appears dealers are the only ones that can reset the system, I reached out to Autobahn (Who thinks they could do it but are booked three weeks out), Car Tech, and Tom's Auto Clinic. The latter two said it was likely going to require a trip to World Wide Motors.
I'd love to curbstomp the numbskull that thought it was a good idea to electronically disable vehicles due to an emissions fault that can't be reset by consumers or shops without dealer level diagnostics. And while I'm happy that it is a start limit and not a mileage or time limit, who though 16 was a good number? I would guess 4 - 6 starts/day is average. Twice already today I've left it running to make a stop to prevent using up a start.
The wife's 2011 diesel has had a CEL for the long term DEF adaptations being out of range and more recently that the DEF tank was low. I figured the CEL was related to the low level so I filled it up expecting both messages to go away after the adaptations adjusted. Instead on Monday it decided to go into self destruct mode saying that it could only be started 16 more times. Apparently other manufacturers will shut down in the middle of the road if the system faults. In addition it appears dealers are the only ones that can reset the system, I reached out to Autobahn (Who thinks they could do it but are booked three weeks out), Car Tech, and Tom's Auto Clinic. The latter two said it was likely going to require a trip to World Wide Motors.
I'd love to curbstomp the numbskull that thought it was a good idea to electronically disable vehicles due to an emissions fault that can't be reset by consumers or shops without dealer level diagnostics. And while I'm happy that it is a start limit and not a mileage or time limit, who though 16 was a good number? I would guess 4 - 6 starts/day is average. Twice already today I've left it running to make a stop to prevent using up a start.