First and Foremost, I just want to thank this Forum and the members that participated in this Thread.
Today, after three years of dealing with this issue, i was able to smog and register my 2001 Silverado and drive it LEGALLY without a temp permit!
I Read all these threads back from 2015 and noticed that i tried everything that others mentioned to do, prior to reading this thread and spent over $1000 in parts and labor to no avail. To those of you that are at your wits end, here is what you should do and i will testify that it does work, not only on my truck, but my friends 2002 Tahoe. Just follow these notes and dont give up.
Go to your DMV or local AAA office and get a free Temp Moving Permit.
Get a scan tool (I used a Innova 3160b. Plug in and turn on key. If the "Air" Icon dot is blinking, this means your Secondary Air Pump is not ready to test, therefore you cannot initiate a smog test.
Drive to an open long stretch of freeway/highway and safely pull over and shut off engine/ignition.
Turn Key on and "Erase" all DTC codes.
Initiate "Live Data View" and scroll to MPH view.
When safe to do so, accelerate to 55 MPH and lock in your cruise control and maintain speed.
SOMETHING WEIRD HAPPENED: some members on here stated their AIR icon disappeared under a minute and thats great if it does. Mine didn't for over 15 minutes. I got frusterated and pulled over and drove to a local gas station to get a Slurpee and turned off ignition. Took a swig of the sugary drink, decided to erase DTC's again. When i hit the "OK" button, i realized the ignition was still off and the scanner told me the link was disconnected. So when i turned the ignition back on, i saw that the AIR icon was SOLID! It worked! Dont know if it was because i needed to turn ignition off or not or if I needed to have a Cherry Sluppy in my hands but this damn thing worked!!! I just needed to drive a couple of drive cycles to finish resetting the HTR and EVAP icons/codes and this puppy was ready to smog!!!!
That was yesterday (Sunday) and now today took to smog shop, they verified it was ready, passed smog, went to AAA and get truck registered and new tags are on!!!!!
Gotta love this fancy internet fandango gizmo and the members that do weird shit and pass it forward.
THANKS AGAIN TO THIS FORUM AND THE MEMBERS THAT DO WEIRD SHIT!!! PASS IT ON!
ERIC
First and Foremost, I just want to thank this Forum and the members that participated in this Thread. Today, after three years of dealing with this issue, i was able to smog and register my 2001 Silverado and drive it LEGALLY without a temp permit! I Read all these threads back from 2015 and noticed that i tried everything that others mentioned to do, prior to reading this thread and spent over $1000 in parts and labor to no avail. To those of you that are at your wits end, here is what you should do and i will testify that it does work, not only on my truck, but my friends 2002 Tahoe. Just follow these notes and dont give up. Go to your DMV or local AAA office and get a free Temp Moving Permit. Get a scan tool (I used a Innova 3160b. Plug in and turn on key. If the "Air" Icon dot is blinking, this means your Secondary Air Pump is not ready to test, therefore you cannot initiate a smog test. Drive to an open long stretch of freeway/highway and safely pull over and shut off engine/ignition. Turn Key on and "Erase" all DTC codes. Initiate "Live Data View" and scroll to MPH view. When safe to do so, accelerate to 55 MPH and lock in your cruise control and maintain speed. SOMETHING WEIRD HAPPENED: some members on here stated their AIR icon disappeared under a minute and thats great if it does. Mine didn't for over 15 minutes. I got frusterated and pulled over and drove to a local gas station to get a Slurpee and turned off ignition. Took a swig of the sugary drink, decided to erase DTC's again. When i hit the "OK" button, i realized the ignition was still off and the scanner told me the link was disconnected. So when i turned the ignition back on, i saw that the AIR icon was SOLID! It worked! Dont know if it was because i needed to turn ignition off or not or if I needed to have a Cherry Sluppy in my hands but this damn thing worked!!! I just needed to drive a couple of drive cycles to finish resetting the HTR and EVAP icons/codes and this puppy was ready to smog!!!! That was yesterday (Sunday) and now today took to smog shop, they verified it was ready, passed smog, went to AAA and get truck registered and new tags are on!!!!! Gotta love this fancy internet fandango gizmo and the members that do weird shit and pass it forward. THANKS AGAIN TO THIS FORUM AND THE MEMBERS THAT DO WEIRD SHIT!!! PASS IT ON! ERIC