The really frustrating thing about removing a battery without maintaining power
is on those anti-theft radio systems. They require you to remember the codes
you put in and if you are like me, you seldom do!
Joe C.
---- Herald948@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/17/2007 4:04:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> WEmery7451@aol.com writes:
>
> I was told to plug a power source into the cigarette lighter socket before
> they would disconnect the battery. They said that if they do not do this,
> some
> Jap cars lock up and have to be towed to a dealer to be reset. Neither of
> our
> Mazdas have this feature, since I have had the batteries disconnected in both
> of them.
>
> Has anybody ever heard of this issue?
>
>
> ==AM==
> I'm no expert on modern cars, but I've never heard of that, either. One good
> thing about the power source in the lighter socket is that it might help to
> preserve radio button presets; otherwise, diconnecting and reconnecting a
> battery might cause some computer chip in some cars to reboot or restart.
>After
> a minute or so, it should reprogram itself and all would be well again. At
> least that's what I'VE heard. ;-)
>
> --Andy Mace (the period Bendix AM/FM is the most sophisticated bit of
> electronics in the Herald!)
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