Does ECU record time and date of faults??
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We had an unfortunate issue of visiting a nice new 5-star hotel which sadly had decided not to disclose that it was actually so new that various buildings works were still ongoing all over the hotel.
The following morning on checking out, we drove through the hotel's outdoor car park - which had various workman and their vans busy carrying out various minor tasks around the hotel - the car's tyre pressure warning suddenly popped up a -15 drop in psi. It was however raining sleet and we were in a rush, so when I jumped out and looked at the tyre it all seemed fine ... so we decided to go to the nearest petrol station pump up and get back home.
The following morning - probably little surprise - we had a complete flat. The AA came round and extracted a bolt style screw. The hotel accept they have lots of works going on but want us to prove the puncture happened in their car park.
They know when we checked out ... so if the ECU could easily show the time and date that the -15 psi warning popped up, then it would be pretty clear.
Given the tyre has now been fixed, anyone know if the ECU record would show the date and time of that issue and whether that can be easily extracted?
The following morning on checking out, we drove through the hotel's outdoor car park - which had various workman and their vans busy carrying out various minor tasks around the hotel - the car's tyre pressure warning suddenly popped up a -15 drop in psi. It was however raining sleet and we were in a rush, so when I jumped out and looked at the tyre it all seemed fine ... so we decided to go to the nearest petrol station pump up and get back home.
The following morning - probably little surprise - we had a complete flat. The AA came round and extracted a bolt style screw. The hotel accept they have lots of works going on but want us to prove the puncture happened in their car park.
They know when we checked out ... so if the ECU could easily show the time and date that the -15 psi warning popped up, then it would be pretty clear.
Given the tyre has now been fixed, anyone know if the ECU record would show the date and time of that issue and whether that can be easily extracted?
To answer your question , I don’t know if the ecu records pressures and times .
However even if it could , I don’t see how you could prove ,conclusively , that the puncture is their fault .
I’d suggest you lawyer up and get a PI to sweep the car park and do dna checks on all the bolts in the area .
Screw fix keep batch records of build dates and who they supplied to , so if you have the bolt , all good .
However even if it could , I don’t see how you could prove ,conclusively , that the puncture is their fault .
I’d suggest you lawyer up and get a PI to sweep the car park and do dna checks on all the bolts in the area .
Screw fix keep batch records of build dates and who they supplied to , so if you have the bolt , all good .
A_K said:
We had an unfortunate issue of visiting a nice new 5-star hotel which sadly had decided not to disclose that it was actually so new that various buildings works were still ongoing all over the hotel.
The following morning on checking out, we drove through the hotel's outdoor car park - which had various workman and their vans busy carrying out various minor tasks around the hotel - the car's tyre pressure warning suddenly popped up a -15 drop in psi. It was however raining sleet and we were in a rush, so when I jumped out and looked at the tyre it all seemed fine ... so we decided to go to the nearest petrol station pump up and get back home.
The following morning - probably little surprise - we had a complete flat. The AA came round and extracted a bolt style screw. The hotel accept they have lots of works going on but want us to prove the puncture happened in their car park.
They know when we checked out ... so if the ECU could easily show the time and date that the -15 psi warning popped up, then it would be pretty clear.
Given the tyre has now been fixed, anyone know if the ECU record would show the date and time of that issue and whether that can be easily extracted?
Outrageous, clearly the hotel should reimburse four new tyres and a free holiday as a minimum. The following morning on checking out, we drove through the hotel's outdoor car park - which had various workman and their vans busy carrying out various minor tasks around the hotel - the car's tyre pressure warning suddenly popped up a -15 drop in psi. It was however raining sleet and we were in a rush, so when I jumped out and looked at the tyre it all seemed fine ... so we decided to go to the nearest petrol station pump up and get back home.
The following morning - probably little surprise - we had a complete flat. The AA came round and extracted a bolt style screw. The hotel accept they have lots of works going on but want us to prove the puncture happened in their car park.
They know when we checked out ... so if the ECU could easily show the time and date that the -15 psi warning popped up, then it would be pretty clear.
Given the tyre has now been fixed, anyone know if the ECU record would show the date and time of that issue and whether that can be easily extracted?
Lexington59 said:
A_K said:
We had an unfortunate issue of visiting a nice new 5-star hotel which sadly had decided not to disclose that it was actually so new that various buildings works were still ongoing all over the hotel.
The following morning on checking out, we drove through the hotel's outdoor car park - which had various workman and their vans busy carrying out various minor tasks around the hotel - the car's tyre pressure warning suddenly popped up a -15 drop in psi. It was however raining sleet and we were in a rush, so when I jumped out and looked at the tyre it all seemed fine ... so we decided to go to the nearest petrol station pump up and get back home.
The following morning - probably little surprise - we had a complete flat. The AA came round and extracted a bolt style screw. The hotel accept they have lots of works going on but want us to prove the puncture happened in their car park.
They know when we checked out ... so if the ECU could easily show the time and date that the -15 psi warning popped up, then it would be pretty clear.
Given the tyre has now been fixed, anyone know if the ECU record would show the date and time of that issue and whether that can be easily extracted?
Outrageous, clearly the hotel should reimburse four new tyres and a free holiday as a minimum. The following morning on checking out, we drove through the hotel's outdoor car park - which had various workman and their vans busy carrying out various minor tasks around the hotel - the car's tyre pressure warning suddenly popped up a -15 drop in psi. It was however raining sleet and we were in a rush, so when I jumped out and looked at the tyre it all seemed fine ... so we decided to go to the nearest petrol station pump up and get back home.
The following morning - probably little surprise - we had a complete flat. The AA came round and extracted a bolt style screw. The hotel accept they have lots of works going on but want us to prove the puncture happened in their car park.
They know when we checked out ... so if the ECU could easily show the time and date that the -15 psi warning popped up, then it would be pretty clear.
Given the tyre has now been fixed, anyone know if the ECU record would show the date and time of that issue and whether that can be easily extracted?
mickyh7 said:
I can't believe your trying to get someone else to pay for a puncture!
You knew there was building work going on anyway.
Just put your hand in your pocket and sort it out?
Reread the first paragraph maybe?You knew there was building work going on anyway.
Just put your hand in your pocket and sort it out?
It’s fairly reasonable to expect that hotel car parks won’t be full of screws, nails, etc… And just maybe they arrived in the dark, after the contractors had pushed off, that sort of thing, so the truth wasn’t obvious until the next day? I’d give OP a little slack.
A low tyre pressure should set a DTC, the DTC will have what's known as a real time clock value attached to it which can be translated back to a time and date, the issue is you'll need someone to extract that information for you which will likely be the best part of a tyre. Personally i'd swallow the cost of the tyre and move on knowing I have new rubber as the upshot
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