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I drive a 2013 Chevy Volt. Coolest car I've ever owned. The dashboard display has all the bells and whistles and whatnot. It shows me messages in plain text (or some cute little graphic) for pretty much everything. Tire pressure for each tire, low traction, battery vs. engine usage, temperature, blah blah blah. If you open a door, a little car icon shows which door is open, etc. you get the idea.
So here's the thing...
The little door that covers my charging port gets stuck once in a while. And when it does, the FREAKING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT comes on! No message, no clue whatsoever as to what's actually going on.
So what do you think? Did Chevy go over budget and couldn't afford to add ONE more error message? Did they really think people would figure out that the check-engine-light could also mean something wrong with the charging port door? Seriously? I mean if I was the programmer for that thing, I would have "gone the extra mile" and added the charging port message. 
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There's probably a diagnostic code that you could get from the OBD port.
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Well, they worry if you leave the charging port door open too long some of the hamsters might escape or/and fall out on the road (- or maybe the little imp that checks the tire pressures.)
hence, you should check.
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Hmmm... Had not considered that one. It all kinda makes sense now thanks! 
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Just today I worked on the tool that keeps track of the microcontrollers and their software versions in prototypes of new vehicles. Quite possible that they did not bother to spend much time developing a new code version, possibly requiring a microontroller with more memory. It's the testing that makes such a change quite expensive. They probably used an existing controller and software version and put this sensor on an unused input.
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Yeah I think the manual says something about it being a potentially serious electrical problem and I need to take the car in to be serviced, which nearly had me freaking out since I only had the car for 2 months at that point.
Fortunately, after a large number of google searches, I found one guy who discovered that by spraying WD-40 (oil) on the charging port door latch, the check-engine light goes away. I tried it and sure enough he was correct. It was at that moment that I had the most epic facepalm ever. 
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TonyManso wrote: It was at that moment that I had the most epic facepalm ever.
Agree 100%! That's crazy and annoying that they designed the system to use the same generic message for various errors. Terrible.
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Really, the modern world would grind to a halt and return to the dark ages without WD40, that and duct tape - one sticks the other unsticks, as an engineer I need no other tools except maybe a beer mat in the back pocket in case of a wobbly table...
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TonyManso wrote: Did they really think people would figure out that the check-engine-light could also mean something wrong with the charging port door?
Or they could have hoped that most would take it in to the dealership and pay the ~$100 diagnostic fee. Easy money on their part.
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They're following the apple template -- if one tiny thing goes wrong, throw it away and buy another one.
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TonyManso wrote: So what do you think? Did Chevy go over budget and couldn't afford to add ONE more error message?
I think they cut some corners they thought nobody would notice. Error message for the charging port door being left open, headroom for people taller than munchkins, etc. Besides, if you left the door open and drove around in a salt-laden environment for a few weeks, you might find that you need a bigger repair than just closing the door.
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patbob wrote: Error message for the charging port door being left open
Sad thing is that there IS a message when I leave the charging port door open! But when the door malfunctions, I get the engine light.
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A cion has two sides... We may burn spammers fast (and we still get them live), but we also answer a few hundred questions, publish around a hundred articles/tips/blog posts.
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0x01AA wrote: Spam hunting seems to be a major goal here.
FTFY
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Thanks for fix.
The hunters are very active here. Yesterday I put a question subject "C++ wchar_t under pressure, urgent..."
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The site survives because of paid advertising: spammers try to undermine that revenue stream and advertise their products for free. If that was not stamped on as ruthlessly as possible, it would breed and the paying advertisers would be a lot less likely to fork over the dough every month.
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OriginalGriff wrote: premises, staff, electricity bills, hardware costs, sunflower seeds, and mankinis into the equation.
You forgot another thing.
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