I'm having a problem getting my car approved in its yearly inspection and I don't understand why. My battery had completely discharged and the mechanic says the computer has to go through its own calibration before the car can be accepted. In particular he said that the car had to be driven for at least 20 miles at
60+ mph. After this was done, he said there were still 2 problematic "monitors" that had to be addressed. Which were:- The car may have excessive gasoline in the tank. He recommended burning off gas till the tank was half full.
- He said that its possible that there may be excessive vapor in the fuel system. (wouldn't that be influenced by item 1.?) I am completely puzzled by this whole thing. I always thought that, if there was a problem, a sensor would indicate an out range error and point to a possible problem component via an error code. Why is this situation not conventional? The mechanic claims that he has a bulletin document from Honda which describes this. Does anyone out there have any knowledge about this?