02-17-2018, 11:12 PM
I went to work, called AAA, they said 90 min. I went inside and worked on something due for Monday, so time well spent. 90 min later I call back, they said another 15-min min. Indeed 20 min later tow truck was there. He asked me to show him how the car is stuck, I tried to get it out and went back as far as I could, then it was stuck. he said I should put parking brake on. he got under the car, he could not easily find a place to put his hook, eventually he hooked it only on the driver's side, somewhere under driver's seat. he pulled at a 30 degree angle (this is how he parked his tow truck even though he had enough space as the parking lot was empty. He asked me to go in, release the brake, and be ready to press the brake pedal once I was out of mud. he pulled about 4-5 feet and I was out of mud. All good.
gave him a tip ($30 for those curious, he was very happy). I started the car to drive out of parking lot, the gas engine started even though the battery was full. It said 0 miles but showed the battery full. Didn't make sense. I drove to parking lot, shut off the car and restarted several times, something. I went to the front of the building where I usually charge, I tried to plug in and it said not able to charge. I went into settings and reset back to factory settings. I shut off the car, restarted, and eventually it started to charge.
Went home with the Mazda, wife took me back to work and I drive the Volt to a car wash. The check Engine light was ON, although it was only the outline, the middle of that symbol was not lit, I am not sure how it is supposed to look like. I checked vehicles message, nothing. Last time I had an issue with the traction control cable eaten by a squirrel there was a message. I drove to car wash, when I came back home the check engine light was OFF. Now the car seems to behave normal. I have an older ODB II scanner tool, but I don't know it if works with electric cars. I tried it, first time it said there was a code but I don't recall what it was, I think I erased it before I read the code. now the tool says there are 6 codes, but they are not specific enough: P0000, P0001, and so on. I erased again, same 6 codes come back. Dashboard does not show any trouble, car drives fine, charged fine. I am planning to ignore those 6 codes, since it may be an issue with my OBD reader, I don't know if i can handle a car like Volt.
gave him a tip ($30 for those curious, he was very happy). I started the car to drive out of parking lot, the gas engine started even though the battery was full. It said 0 miles but showed the battery full. Didn't make sense. I drove to parking lot, shut off the car and restarted several times, something. I went to the front of the building where I usually charge, I tried to plug in and it said not able to charge. I went into settings and reset back to factory settings. I shut off the car, restarted, and eventually it started to charge.
Went home with the Mazda, wife took me back to work and I drive the Volt to a car wash. The check Engine light was ON, although it was only the outline, the middle of that symbol was not lit, I am not sure how it is supposed to look like. I checked vehicles message, nothing. Last time I had an issue with the traction control cable eaten by a squirrel there was a message. I drove to car wash, when I came back home the check engine light was OFF. Now the car seems to behave normal. I have an older ODB II scanner tool, but I don't know it if works with electric cars. I tried it, first time it said there was a code but I don't recall what it was, I think I erased it before I read the code. now the tool says there are 6 codes, but they are not specific enough: P0000, P0001, and so on. I erased again, same 6 codes come back. Dashboard does not show any trouble, car drives fine, charged fine. I am planning to ignore those 6 codes, since it may be an issue with my OBD reader, I don't know if i can handle a car like Volt.