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What Customers Expect From Preventative Maintenance in 2022

This webinar is part of a free two-part series will help you understand customers' new expectations regarding preventative maintenance, as well as the technical changes that impact vehicles' maintenance schedules.

You may think you know your customers, but are their purchasing decisions changing? Customers today are being influenced by inflation, new vehicle shortages and the extreme pricing of used vehicles. These current trends are impacting how customers service and maintain their daily drivers. These shifts in today's automotive landscape are changing what customers want from their current vehicle and your service facility.

In this 45-minute webinar, the experts from Valvoline will address the latest research on:

Speakers Brad Stuck, Brand Manager - Valvoline Professional Series, Valvoline Inc. Andrew Markel, Director of Technical Content, ShopOwner

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A service engine soon light may be experienced on low-mileage vehicles.

A service engine soon light may be experienced on low-mileage vehicles, or vehicles that have recently had the catalytic converter replaced and DTCs P0420 and/or P0430 may be stored.

On a new vehicle, catalytic converter efficiency DTCs P0420 and P0430 are disabled for the first hour of engine run-time to allow break-in of the catalytic converter. 

The following scenarios may allow a DTC P0420 or P0430 to set after this hour of engine run-time has expired. If these DTCs are found on a new/low mileage vehicle, use the Tech 2 to verify engine run-time on the Engine Hour Meter in the IPC Data Display/Data 1 List. If the engine run-time is less than one hour, the battery may have been disconnected, or another vehicle power loss event may have occurred, during vehicle manufacturing.

This may allow the catalyst efficiency diagnostics to run before one hour of engine run-time has been achieved. If this occurs, the catalytic converter may not have completed a thorough break-in cycle, causing a false DTC P0420 and/or P0430 to set.

If this occurs, clear the DTCs and perform the following drive cycle. If the DTCs set shortly after the catalytic converter is replaced, it may be a result of the engine run-time restrictions no longer being in place since the vehicle is no longer new. As a result, the catalytic converter may not have completed a thorough break-in cycle after replacement, possibly resulting in a false DTC P0420 and/or P0430. If this occurs, clear the DTCs and perform the following drive cycle.

In order to achieve proper catalytic converter temperature and allow the mat material to out-gas (break-in), perform the following drive cycle and suggestions:

If the diagnostics for P0420 and P0430 have passed, return the vehicle to the customer. If the diagnostics do not pass, perform further diagnostics and repairs. 

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