In this video I have a look at a customers 14 Jeep Patriot that came in with the ABS, 4WD and traction light on. It didn't take long to SEE what was wrong with this one.
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Just to do something to annoy people. I would do it over and over and over and over again just because it annoys them
Last time i did heatshrink I used a gas ring in the kitchen.
If I can glue it you can glue it
Ah yes I love that feeling….. I run chrome sockets on my impacts just cause it pisses the guys off I work with 😂😂😂 “YOU CANT PUT CHROME ON AN IMPACT” they seem to fit right on for me dude 😊😂
I had one of these. All wires were good. New module did not fix. Ended up being cracked abs module (accident). Let water in module.
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The ESC system works like a champ. The ONLY adversary to beat any and all types of ABS or stability control is gravel on a solid substrate. It’s like stopping on marbles. My first butt clincher was in a rental Mustang in SoCal when my passenger requested a quick stop at a picturesque overlook right above the beaches in Malibu. With regular old school brakes this stop would have been a non-issue. The tires will quickly build a loose wheel chock/ramp in front of them, hasting a stop pretty quickly. When they aren’t allowed to stop turning if another one is still turning, the foundation of ABS, it might not stop anytime soon if the surface is made of things that roll under your rollers. An otherwise easy stop on a cliff overlook became a real deal button clincher where I actually turned the wheels enough that the sidewall started to make the aforementioned “wheel chock”, bringing us to a halt a mere half-car length from the EDGE. At first I was t sure whether to get out and darks it off, or try to back up first. My wife, in the passenger seat, would not be getting out right there. I had to shake it off for a second and see exactly what predicament we were in. Backing up required disabling the stability control because the back tires would stop turning just when we were getting out of the newly made front wheel gravel hole. Dammit. I wasn’t used to any of these systems. The goofball sized rocks were pummeling the underside of the rental Mustang convertible. Thank god for FULL coverage, as if anyone would be looking under the car anytime soon. Seriously though. It truly felt like we were going over. Ever since then I’ve hated ABS on loose surfaces. But did I learn from the first time. Apparently not. While showing off in my newish Dodge Magnum RT, at the time about six months old, some coworkers/friends were gathered on the curb at the rear of our workplace which had a massive parking lot. My intention was to haul ass towards the curb, and stop well before the curb, obviously, and with my over analyzing ways, I applied heavy braking at a point TWICE what I KNEW a safe distance. Why had t I noticed how much gravel was in that last 50’? The front of my baby hit that curb with a gut wrenching thud. I backed up and transmission fluid from the cooler was everywhere, the radiator was pushed back, and the bumper covers was wrecked. Dammit. My friends were just happy I didn’t jump the curb. It was a tallish curb, maybe ten inches. Damn. That was humiliating, but I learned a lesson. At that, no one believed my claim that the tires did in fact lock up, and this pissed me off , because I knew in my heart that I should have been able to stop EASILY, and that it was the car’s fault. So, after insurance footed the repair bill, and I finally picked up my car to drive home, once on the interstate, the front wheel s were literally bouncing, and even shook part of the belly pan loose, where I had to pull off and zip tie it up to drive back to the dealership who did the final touches on the car. A tire inspection and balance reveal a huge flat spot on each tire, both nearly identical. As if the car had been dragged backwards maybe 100’ with both front tires locked. Which of course didn’t happen. But I did slide about 75’ on gravel, wheels locked, and no one believed me, until the tires themselves told the truth. Funny, no one seemed to care to further investigate how dangerous that situation could be. It was just a show off who crashed his car. Then why huge flat spots? Too bad I can’t “turn off” the “giving a shit” switch. I impairs nearly my every waking moment.
Why do the com wires need to be twisted together? Love your channel.
Looks just like the one I gave my mom, people laugh but these cars are easy as pie to work on, and the parts are relatively cheap and the body shell is built like a tank in an accident, great video as always! 👍
God give you patience
If you have to catch a mouse, Tootsie Rolls are best. Before you put them on your trap, cut little pieces so you'll actually use just one Tootsie Roll, wet them first so they have a nice candy smell. Tried peanut butter, didn't work. The Tootsie did the job. Another nice trouble shoot by Mr. O. Thanks for posting.
$70 bucks for that plug and wire?!! That aint right.
Enjoy your channel and yes those little critters can do a lot of damage to your car and it is almost always right where you can't get to, keep up the good work.
The mini-torch is a comment generator like welding, (just on a smaller scale).
🎶Squeeze and a tug….two bits🎶 Frequent massage parlors?
If you got to trap a mouse in the car use peanut butter for the bait they can't resist
Love your channel. Is there a spray to coat wires that mice commly eat?
What scan tool are you using? I purchased a similar tool by launch because of the topology feature, but the more I used it, the more unimpressed I became with it's capabilities. after 2 weeks I ended up launching it back for refund. have you used Launch products? what are your thoughts on them?
Around 3 minutes is how I feel watching every episode that is posted. Fishhook maneuver, crash noises, and "oh my god", with cigar gestures. This could quickly sum up south main auto. Always fun. More wife babe shots please.
Go pick up the tire you lost off tge trunk of the LameO, it fell off while doing your spin.
There's only one way to calibrate or test your yaw sensor – that's gettin' sideways!
Why do automotive wiring manufacturers always incorporate some kind of mouse enticing ingrediant into the insulation of their wire products? Maybe to sell more replacement wires?
I have a 2008 Equinox with service stabilatrax light on , I changed lower control arms and now the steering wheel is a little crooked. I'm going to get an alignment , do you think that will fix it.
Gee, how come the dynamic sensor in this vehicle doesn't tell the driver the current position of the planets in our solar system? Bummer.
Mouse poison is also horrible as it kills predators that eat mice, like owls, foxes, hawks.
Little bags of cocoa powder and plaster of paris will take care of them and drive them out of the car quick to find water.
Years ago, running a garage part of a service station, i used to come in at 4am. Quite! No people! Good coffee!
I could do all the drop off service and oil changes by the time the first soul came in!! Then go eat breakfast, then start on the USPS jeep service contracts. It was smooth.
Such a smart dude man. I recently worked with a guy that reminded me of you. Looks like you but I’m not sure in his mechanic ability but a spitting image just a little younger lol.
Mice dont like peppermint essential oil.
Dam those rat Bat*****s! Always tearing up a nice clean vehicle.Oh well, keeps the techs working I suppose!
Have a mice 🐭 day
That guy is going to shit when a mouse runs up his leg while he's driving down the road.
Eric, what model Autel scanner are you using? Looking to pick one up and was wondering what it is!
you should tell the customer he needs to put mouse traps in his car or he will be back.
this was entertaining. very funny. Enjoy when Eric is in that particular type of mood!! Solid!! Merci
They gotta figure out how to make insulation out of peppermint or some other thing that rodents don’t like the taste of. I just spray my wires down with peppermint spray and haven’t had problems in years.
Keep up the triggering makes me feel better!
I love your light hearted commentary Eric. While your videos are always educational, you make them fun to watch. Good job as always!😊
I want to know the brand of that little blue tourch you used to melt the heat shrink…. someone who recognizes it please post…
BTW – really enjoy your work
I'm home with the creeping crud. Thanks for the mouse adventure.
Mouse thunder in the jeep
My son bought a 95 Camaro last summer, and there was a wicked vibration / noise when he turned on the heat. Didn't really have a smell to it, just noisy. I told him it was likely mouse house in the blower motor.
When I went in, as soon as I dropped the cover at the bottom of the dash, there was mouse house everywhere, and the obligatory chewed up wiring. I cleaned up, fixed the wiring, and continued to drop the blower motor. First time in my life I've seen it, there wasn't a mouse house in the blower, there was mouse jerky in there. That little guy was about as dried up as he could get. I handed my son the blower and told him jerky removal was on him lol.
Hey! What's the chances I can pay for an hours worth of labor for the chance to pick Eric's brain for a few minutes about my trucks electrical problem???? I'm about stumped and I'll be damned before I go to the dealership. I got the Fix Or Repair Daily Fbomb 150. It's the 2017. It's got the Lariat package. It's been parked for 11 months in my driveway.
The only time you should use a torch heat source to heat shrink connectors with is on the junk cars – you know, like Ford, Kia, Dodge products and others that don't/can't cut the mustard. Just sayin.
As someone that has worked with the public for 28 years, 10 of which were at a call center, I too agree that phones need to be throw tested on occasion.
$70 for a new pigtail connector is a ripoff. You can easily de-pin the old one and just replace the terminal and wire. The terminals are like 15 cents each at places like Mouser and Digikey.
I'm a veteran tech. I live and work in south fl. Grew up in bklyn n y. In bklyn it was rats. In fl its mostly ants and the larve.
I like to see Blue mouse crap..
I like watching your channel and Ivan's Pine Hollow auto diagnostics channel. One thing I like about yours is that you just go straight to the problem and see if the wires are damaged. Ivan would have hooked the car up to the computer and spent a lot of time diagnosing it before first looking to see if there's something obvious.
I’m with ya lol, I like pushing peoples buttons.😊😂 with that said for the algorithm 😊. We used to have a firebug in our church, he was caught because he was stupidly driving by a house at around 2:30 am in the morning one to many times 😂.
Dam good job eria o
But what about the mouse? Maybe you should have used different color wires.
Not spitfull, just don't tolerate stupid people who have never had to do this type work.
It helps when the wires are cheese flavored.
Please stand by, witty and informative comment to follow………
I'm waiting to see you do your heat shrinks with your cutting torch😊
Maybe leave an exercise wheel in the car to distract the mouse
Great video Eric. Keep being spiteful! Cracks me up 😂 🇭🇲
Mice in cars aren't problem we see much in the UK but a good tip is mice hate the smell of mint. Concentrate mint oil is a pretty good mice repellent and leaves a nice smell
Only thing I have found for mice is 2 oz. of Peppermint oil in a gallon of water, spray her down under hood, wheel wells etc. Do it every two weeks. Had a real battle on a Prius. New car only got hit once plus keep an electronic trap on inside for insurance. I heartily agree with you on mice issues! Keep up the good work!
Keep trolling the trolls! Love it!
Does anyone make a mouse repellent spray?
Hi, can you send a link to your trouble light.
I've heard moth balls detract from them showing their face. Ever considered putting a few in there??
Son in law just had a squirrel chew 2.000 dollars in wires on his 2024 silverado
Its because people do drugs with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm the same way Mr. Eric. I will go out of my way to wrap people around the axle. You do great work and if it works in the end, no one should worry about it.
Why no "Hondu" mouse resistant tape?
Somewhat off topic: I recorded a giant concrete pump for over 30 minutes without seeing any real concrete action. Maybe next time.
Soldering a wire work hardens the metal and makes it more brittle. Thus, the soldered connection is more prone to breakage inside the environment of a vehicle that is subjected to vibration. Particularly any wire harness that goes from the chassis to moving components like the engine, transaxle, and suspension. The only wire connections you'll find that are soldered in a vehicle wiring harness is inside of a connector that has been potted with resin to stabilize the soldered the connection. For all other splicing applications a mechanical crimped and heat shrink connection is the recommended splicing method.
Hope you are able to retire early
The more I watch these Videos, the more I hate newer Vehicles, and by newer, I mean anything post 1980
Nothing to hate about those heat-shrink connectors, been using them for over 20 years in the boat repair biz. Just move the torch back and forth to throttle the heat (just like Eric did) so you don't burn connector and move on.
Pack rats out here are terrible az
You find so many instances of mice and other small rodents. In my 70 years I’ve never had that problem. Best Regards Eric
Maybe someone can make $1 trillion dollars designing a rubber snake
with glowing eyes to put in the car somewhere.
Yes, that's it, a snake decoy !
Another GREAT diagnosis and repair video Mr. O…HATERS will always HATE, but keep up the GREAT WORK cuz you are the BEST…stay blessed my friend
That has to be the cutest mini torch ever…akso, someone yelled at me for doing heat shrink with a cigarette lighter 😅
Is it true that the plastic insulation on the wires is now made with vegetable oil instead of petroleum, thus why the mice are attracted more then ever to to eat it?
Yeah my dynamics sensor is off every Monday. No money light though, that one goes on end of the month…
Glad I have a garage to park my cars plus got lucky eliminating the mice that got into said garage!
That’s scary that there’s a hole big enough for a mouse to get in!
I would not worry what others think about the crimp and seal connectors. You do great work. Plus you are funny. I have a file of all your neat sayings.
The corn flavored wire connectors are always in stock. It’s the cyanide flavored wire connectors that are always out of stock…
Personally, I love the crimp and seal connectors. Have a great one Eric.
that little mouse was really giving it heck under there, I hate rodent damage.
No Roll ?? LOL
Eric, did you ever have that feeling of someone or something watching you do this repair??? 😆😆😆
So Eric, why don't you tape repair with the Toyota mouse cayenne pepper tape and charge for it? Or do you have Mexican Mice up there also. Border issues?
You have never triggered me, I pretty much copy everything you do. I never had an issue with mice in cars, but I have with mice in ATV'S and Lawnmowers. Things that's sit for 6+ months.
You need a flamethrower sound with the lighter torch
Spiteful? NEVER! Childish? Maybe!
Now just spray some brake clean on it and sit back and wait for the haters!LOL!
I swear car manufacturers do sneaky, shady, behind-the-scenes testing on which plastics are more favorable to mice chewing on them so that down the road, sales and service departments of local dealerships are supported..
It would not surprise me to know that they know and if discovered they would just use some standard corporate line like "we use this plastic because it's the most cost effective in our manufacturing processes".
Mouse: When that guy shuts the car door I'm getting some purple string candy!
Later in day, customer: You didn't fix my car!
Eric: Moves carpet, sh*t mouse ate wires again!😂😂😂🎉🎉
Survey Says! 😆