How do you complete a drive cycle for emissions?

How do you complete a drive cycle for emissions?

Welcome to Mercie J auto care, where compassion and craftsmanship come together. I’m Rick Smith, master certified technician.

Well the truth is you click your heels together three times and you say "there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home" because that’s $1 million question. How do you complete the drive cycle? It's very tough so here’s a couple of factors that will be helpful. Number one is usually you have to do a least a couple of cycles. So do a drive cycle then let the car sit overnight and then do another cycle. After the car has sat overnight before you drive, start the car and let it idle for five minutes before you drive. For some cars, that’s how you reset one of the monitors. The other thing is drive the car for as long of periods at a steady speed and steady throttle position over 50 miles an hour or as long as possible. Do that multiple times. Also, do a few decelerations without touching the brake for as long as possible.

That’s the best advice I can give. Every car is different and every scenario can be more and more challenging, but most the time that’s going to get most of the cars set up to go through emissions. By the way, if you want to know if your car is ready to pass Emissions Testing here in Maricopa County, AZ, stop by Mercie J, no charge. It takes us five minutes to see if you’re ready to go through or not and the testing facility is just around the corner from our auto repair shop. We will even take it through for you if you're vehicle id in the shop for any service.

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Thanks for watching and until next time, safe travels and blessings to you.