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Pro tip: Don't assume the obvious on a door lockout call
Got a call for a car stuck between floors, classic lockout. Spent 45 minutes checking the hoistway door interlocks and the car top before I found the issue. A single, frayed wire strand from the COP ribbon cable was shorting against the frame. Anyone else wasted time on a simple part causing a complex fault?
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faith_hart2025d agoMost Upvoted
What did the fault code show, or was it just dead?
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green.reese25d ago
Yeah, it threw a P0302 code for a cylinder 2 misfire. I had a similar thing happen last year with my old Civic. The code pointed to a bad coil pack, but after I swapped it, the rough idle was still there. Turned out to be a cracked spark plug tube seal letting oil in. Those codes give you a starting point, but they don't always tell the whole story, you know?
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gray_morgan25d ago
That "starting point" thing is so true. It feels like everything gives you just the first clue and you have to figure out the rest yourself.
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