Thread: Should I reset fault?

Just e-mail the fault codes to yourself, or take a screenshot.

Originally Posted by DiscoDB

Just e-mail the fault codes to yourself, or take a screenshot.

Thanks, DiscoDB,
Sounds like you are suggesting that the car won’t maintain the history by itself and will only record the last occurrence. Is this the correct inference?
Roman

Originally Posted by Romeo

Thanks, DiscoDB,
Sounds like you are suggesting that the car won’t maintain the history by itself and will only record the last occurrence. Is this the correct inference?
Roman

Once you clear it its gone, no point in keeping old codes if you have fixed the issue that you codes in the first place. As suggested, email or screenshot if you want to keep a copy.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Once you clear it its gone, no point in keeping old codes if you have fixed the issue that you codes in the first place. As suggested, email or screenshot if you want to keep a copy.

Thanks, loanrangie, I agree with that, certainly IF I have fixed the issue. But a little more context….

I seem to have an occasional (once every 12 months or so) hiccup in the car for which the only useful fault report is “High Speed CAN bus error”. I am reluctant to start pulling the car apart to examine every connector, wiring loom, etc, but I anticipate that if I watch it for long enough a theme may emerge which will point me somewhere. So maintaining the history is important, and keeping that history with the car will potentially assist “the next bloke”. I can, of course, screen shot, email, etc but my key question is “If I DON’T clear the fault, will the car’s log continue to accumulate the list, or will it over-write?
Roman

Originally Posted by Romeo

Thanks, loanrangie, I agree with that, certainly IF I have fixed the issue. But a little more context….

I seem to have an occasional (once every 12 months or so) hiccup in the car for which the only useful fault report is “High Speed CAN bus error”. I am reluctant to start pulling the car apart to examine every connector, wiring loom, etc, but I anticipate that if I watch it for long enough a theme may emerge which will point me somewhere. So maintaining the history is important, and keeping that history with the car will potentially assist “the next bloke”. I can, of course, screen shot, email, etc but my key question is “If I DON’T clear the fault, will the car’s log continue to accumulate the list, or will it over-write?
Roman

That error can be as simple as a voltage drop during a start, or a hiccup during boot. Nothing to be concerned about unless it becomes very frequent

Without the tool, you wouldnt even know it was there

Originally Posted by Tombie

Without the tool, you wouldnt even know it was there

Thanks, Tombie - except that one instance was an almost complete car shutdown just as I was pulling out to pass a semi at 100kph!

Roman