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#4384 of 4387 dash reset by arehm Aug 15, 2009 (10:21 am)
I have a 2001 SSEi after changing the oil the dash still tells me it needs a change. I push the reset button but it still says needs change after restarting the car. Any one know how to reset the dash? Replies to this message: pkgguy (Aug 15, 2009 8:25 pm)
#4385 of 4387 Re: dash reset [arehm] by pkgguy Aug 15, 2009 (8:25 pm)
Replying to: arehm (Aug 15, 2009 10:21 am) Press and hold reset for about 10 seconds. Same for any other reset.
#4386 of 4387 Good bye by evandro Nov 22, 2009 (2:11 pm)
After 7 years of service, I bid goodbye to my 02 Bonneville SLE.   Unfortunately, in the last couple of years, the repair bills have been increasing steadily. At first, I thought that although big-ticket items had broken down, having new ones meant that the car could be in service for a few good years. I was slow to recognize that it was just the beginning of a series of increasingly more expensive break-downs, and eventually I had to draw the line. After the last major repair - involving yet again the intake manifold, though fixed "for free" if I did a tune-up (I smell a shadow recall by GM, since it's been replaced as part of a recall some 3 or 4 years ago) - I traded it in before something else would break on me.   I now drive an used 06 Acura TL. It's not as roomy wide-wise, but comparably roomy length-wise. It's much more powerful and poised and quite more richly finished and trimmed. As a matter of fact, it's the first non-American car I've ever had. Ever since GM and Chrysler don't have to make products anymore, just give the White House a ring, I refuse to support this automotive Kabuki theater.   And I have to say that as far as first impressions go, the TL is in another league. Truly, the Bonneville seems antediluvian in comparison. It had a good chassis, but its contents were cheapened as much as possible, from the wheezing V6 to the lackadaisical assembly. In hindsight I think that I should've checked the competition sooner.   Yet, it was a good drive while it lasted. May its next owner enjoy it for many years. Replies to this message: imidazol97 (Nov 22, 2009 6:23 pm)
#4387 of 4387 Re: Good bye [evandro] by imidazol97 Nov 22, 2009 (6:23 pm)
Replying to: evandro (Nov 22, 2009 2:11 pm) >Ever since GM and Chrysler don't have to make products anymore, just give the White House a ring, I refuse to support this automotive Kabuki theater.   That sounds like your own personal political opinion. I have one that differs. Such as the car brand you're driving is partly responsible for the demise of the US auto market by being allowed favored treatment through the decades.   I don't keep track of models, but Hondas that are gussied up are given an Acura name although they are basically an Accord or Civic with extras. Yes, I know. The fellow and wife across the road have had several from a Integra(?), Legend, 3.5RLs (two), and a newer RL with Super drive or something like that which is his newest. He currently owns three out of the above list.   Then there's the VCM problems on Accords and the transmission problems on the Odysseys (as well as other Honda models through the recent years).   Speaking of cheapened I shopped the Honda dealer sitting in Accords of the previous era a couple winters back. The Civic SI had a nicer interior feel than the Accords. Plus I was reading recently about people having lint problems with it sticking badly to the seat surface (same type of quality lack I had noticed).   As for wheezing V6, my two give 31-38 mpg rolling on the interstate or normal glacial plain open highways. That is sans the warmup mileage. That V6 gives lots of torque through a well-calibrated 4-speed transmission. I do not road race although I would win some drag races from stoplights with the motor but I don't drive my car that way.   >lackadaisical assembly.   "adj. Lacking spirit, liveliness, or interest; languid:" (dictionary.com) I don't know how you can tell the mood of the workers while assembling your car.   If quality of assembly (rather than quality of materials assembled) is your meaning, I find my two leSabres to suit me just fine. They were well-assembled machines when delivered new to order.   Please just go enjoy your TL (good luck with the automatic transmission, if you have one) and then tell those folks your complaints about your TL.

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