ha ha remember that old joke email that circulated throughout businesses in the middle to late 90's, "If GM and Microsoft Built a Joint Venture Car... " It was hilarious.
If GM and Microsoft Built a Joint Venture Car ...
1. For no apparent reason, while cruising along the highway, the engine would stop running and the dashboard would turn solid blue and the car would need to be stopped, all windows rolled up then and "re-started".
2. Each time a cellphone was plugged into the cigarette lighter to be re-charged, the right drivers would need to be installed on the car so it could recognize the new hardware.
3. If too many accessories were being used at one time, the car would run out of memory and just stop working and the dashboard would turn blue. It may or may never start again, "just depends."
4. Every time a different route was taken to the same or a different destination, the whole car would need to be "re-configured" to operate on those roads.
5. Whenever a music CD was inserted into the radio, the car would ask if you want to install this new software.
6. If a repair needed to be done or a part switched out, the whole car would have to be "re-configured" to allow it to run with the new hardware, and, it would never, ever work right the first time. So, you'd have to wait an hour on the phone with tech support for the part mfr. Unfortunately, they'd tell you it was not an error due to their part, but rather, it was a GM problem. Then you'd wait another hour on the phone with GM and they'd tell you, it was the part company's problem.
7. Every two to five years, a new operating system would come out for your GM car, and when it did, your car's hardware wouldnt have the capacity to run the new operating system, so ... you'd need to buy a new car - even though you are still paying on this one.
8. Whe the car was brought into a GM dealership to be repaired, they'd charge you $49.99 an hour to diagnose it. After 5 hours of diagnosis, they'd call and tell you it was "dead" or "fried" and you'd need to buy a new car.
9. Every time a light on the dashboard comes on, the car would need to be stopped, everything would have to be shut-down, and the operating system would need to be re-installed along with all other programs. Then, the next 3 days would need to be spent trying to make them all work together again.
There were others, it was pretty fun back then.
RFCRD wrote:
KJMedic wrote:
I have had it go into safe mode before but it would not go over 45 mph. This time it would go 70-75mph but would not go into overdrive.
Computers get confused. Someth ing as simple as a minor voltage spike can throw them off. Turning the engine off, waiting a few seconds and restarting will re-boot the computer. We do this all day long on the big stuff. Too bad we don't have a "Ctrl, Alt+Del" switch on the dash.
Be persistant with the filter TSB, it is worth the effort. The closer you get to 30K miles where it becomes recommended maintenance, the harder it will be to get it done under warranty.
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'05 CRD, Midnight Blue. Every option. Nice ride, idles like a garbage truck
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Hadnt heard this version though.
