Fate plays a part in life whether you believe it or not.
The hurricane cancelled my plans of getting my parts and delivering them. It may seem a little cold but it took me two hours to drive in the hurricane to tie parts house but I made it. When I got there they said they had no internet connection and me being ME….i was like WTF does that have to do with you pulling my PART?! I didn’t say it but I was like dude…damn.
Fate plays a part in life. I left and will be going back on Monday to get my vital part and hopefully they have power.
In the meantime I got a message/email from someone on VDIAG/VDASH/VIDA/DICE where I’m registered. YALL know I’m fkn NUTS about a Volvo 🤣.
We talked a bit and went thru some diagnostics and I couldn’t figure out what was going on even tho i advised him WELL.
Then I thought about it….his car had been in a crash before and all components had been replaced but they did NOT have VIDA/DICE or VDASH to use VCT2000 to properly diagnose and reset the system. I gave all my solutions and after two days I SUDDENLY remembered about the crash sensor parameters!! His code was a “PERMANENT FAULT”. I’ve played with my systems before but forgot about the rebuild functions.
Regardless, my R is at a shop about 2/3 hours away and they need a part that I have to complete the stage ZERO.
I’ll be delivering the part myself but amongst the talk and his questions “what do I do while I await my VIDA?” He’s been ignored on the order….but ppl are busy, I get it.
In my boredom and my favorite thing to do (SLEEP) I said “I’m delivering a part to the shop that has my car….how close to them are you?”
He’s about 30 minutes away.
Well since I’m gna be in the AREA and have hundreds Of Volvo diagnostics computers I offered to stop by and reset the “Crash System” which is REQUIRED after replacing components. Whoever fixed his car didn’t have VIDA/DICE, VDash, or VDIALOG.
I ordered thousands of dollars of parts for my car(yall know how NUTS I am about my Volvos) and this one part I wanna deliver to them personally because the asked.
Since I’m in the area I’ll be stilling by this distraught Volvo owners house to hopefully straighten out the “PERMANENT FAULT”. I know what the seller didn’t do and know how to solve it.
I didn’t ask for anything but gas….didn’t even want that because I’m good. Just want his problem resolved. I HATE when volvo newbies are fleeced by the dealers (he’s spent $2500 just for drags at the dealer….not anything in-depth).
Yall know I have so many devices and programs to diagnose and resolve issues so let’s hope this figures this guys problems out. I’ve given him the tools to order to do this on his own but in the meantime since I’ll be there lemme get into this car and let’s see what I find. I ALWAYS go DEEP.
Other than that I’ll be delivering the parts to my vaunted shop and hopefully I’ll be getting to see my sisters and brothers and nieces and nephews on the trip.
I’m wordy…but be kind to ppl. If you can help…HELP! Only thing I asked him was to help me with gas.
SN: I’m riding on busted CV axles in my Nissan work truck (Nissan Rogue). They left the control arms out of my shipment smh. I’ll be fine tho.
Just be kind.
Novel over.