# Car sensor **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chevrolet, sensors, impala\ **Created:** [December 23, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sensor/59106 "2010-12-23T20:35:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andre1967](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@andre1967](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andre1967)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sensor/59106/1 "2010-12-23T20:35:54Z")
diagnosis of when they go bad ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sensor/59106/2 "2010-12-23T20:41:48Z")
Oh god, here we go again. ---------------- MORE INFO -------------------- We’re not going to baby sit. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sensor/59106/3 "2010-12-23T20:57:18Z")
Andre Your question is the automotive equivalent of asking a medical professional, “How can you tell when someone is sick?” Hopefully, you would provide adequate information to your doctor, and would ask direct questions of your healthcare provider, instead of asking a non-specific question such as this. So, rather than trying to “back into” the answer that you want, you need to give us basic, vital information, including: > The symptoms/problems that your car is displaying > The model year of the car, its engine type, and the type of transmission > The odometer mileage > Whether the car is still covered by warranty > What repairs–if any–have been attempted so far > The maintenance history of the car over the past 2 or 3 years. > Please do not give us a meaningless statement such as “it has been well-maintained”. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sensor/59106/4 "2010-12-23T20:57:20Z")
Google. Use it when non-human write question. ---
**Author:** ![mark9207](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mark9207](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mark9207)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sensor/59106/5 "2010-12-23T21:11:31Z")
We need a lot more information about the car and the problem you are having in order to help you. This is sort of like going to the doctor’s office and saying, “I don’t feel good. Fix it.” The doctor wouldn’t be able to help you if that’s all he knew, would he? ---
**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sensor/59106/6 "2010-12-23T21:24:03Z")
Warning lights go off and the codes get read for free at the auto parts store to see what the problem is. ---
**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sensor/59106/7 "2010-12-23T22:29:27Z")
That’s what the ODB-II system does. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sensor/59106/8 "2010-12-23T23:10:27Z")
Yep, when they go bad, they need to be diagnosed and replaced. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sensor/59106/9 "2010-12-23T23:35:21Z")
Congratulations. You’ve won our earlier contest for the “least descriptive question”. Did you have a particular sensor in mind? ---
**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sensor/59106/10 "2010-12-23T23:39:20Z")
Actaully, my vote goes to this one:[http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/2160205.page](http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/2160205.page). The question was horrible, and the guy replied several times with his backside. PS. Sorry for the reminder. Still trying to put that one behind me. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sensor/59106/11 "2010-12-23T23:44:38Z")
Hmmmm…It’s really hard to pick whether this one or the “disable Hill-holder” thread wins the award, but I guess that I have to give the nod to “Mr. Hill-holder” just on the basis of his hostility and refusal to elaborate. However, the question that started this thread is surely a close second for its…obfuscation of intent. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sensor/59106/12 "2010-12-23T23:47:49Z")
I concur. We’ll give this guy second place. I’m in hysterics! Because i’m not familiar with the particulars of the hill holder system, I never opened this thread. I missed a truely legendary Smothers Brothers routine, and I LOVE comedy. You could not make this stuff up! ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sensor/59106/13 "2010-12-23T23:53:50Z")
This one’s actually not so bad either. Though I think its only on my mind b/c it came through today. Its also true that “mounts” just by nature carries less ambiguity than "sensor" [http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/2168599.page](http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/2168599.page) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sensor/59106/14 "2010-12-23T23:56:09Z")
Yes, the “mounts” post is also a winner. It’s just so hard to choose which thread is the best non-starter. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sensor/59106/15 "2010-12-24T00:02:44Z")
You guys are KILLING me! ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sensor/59106/16 "2010-12-24T03:43:15Z")
But on the healthy side. Your sensor is OK.