Old Aug 11, 2012 | 10:06 PM
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Default Re: Secondary codes not going away to get the car smog

Originally Posted by R bullard
No check engine light, but I live in CA and the smog guy said the pending or as I called them the secondary codes or the codes that the main computer on the car stores and needs to clear. I started out with 6 now down to 3 but I cant get the tree to go away. That's where I need help cause in CA it fails the car.
THAT is the confusion - my UltraGauge calls them PENDING CODES. I kinda thought that was what you meant.

Other than that, I think James got to the bottom of this - give it time.

Hey, here's a question, how do you KNOW the codes are there? Are you reading them yourself or going back to see him every few days?
 
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