The "Random Things You May Not Know About Your Car" Thread

[VTXrider]

Originally Posted by Camaro21

If you let your car idle for a long period of time in the heat (15-20 minutes) and shut the engine off, when you start the engine again, the Air Conditioner will not work until the engine cools down again. I had this happen to me and a couple other 5th Gen owners had this happen to them at the Texas Motor Speedway Laps for Charity II event. I had to shut the engine off and fan the engine for about 10 minutes to allow it time to cool down, then the A/C worked just fine !!!!

I though this was on all modern cars? If it gets above a certain temp the A/C shuts off.

[armysig]

Huh, didn't know that.

[VTXrider]

Also, on all LS engines and common on many cars, if you are at WOT the A/C disengages.

[roccky08]

Originally Posted by 67 Convertible

You don't have to hold the key in the start position, just crank the engine and let go of the key, it will keep cranking until started
The automatics are much more fun to drive in "M" or "sport" mode

I think it only happens from a clean start. My M6 turned off and tried to start it using this method to only embarrass myself from both having it turn off and not starting completely. Anyone else wanna test this?

[roccky08]

Originally Posted by LolatheSlush

lol no mine is jailbroken as well... haha

UPDATE: so i tried this pandora thing, and it didn't work via blue tooth HOWEVER when i plugged the USB into it, it totally played through my speakers! and i could still scroll through stuff

You have to Connect your Iphone using the USB then in radio, go to the menu where it shows all the Songs, Artist and scroll down to Bluetooth. You can then configure the bluetooth and pair the Music using BlueTooth

BTW in your iPhone under Settings -> General -> Bluetooth you should have

"General Motors" and "GMusicConnect" the later will help with pandora / trapster or any app in the iPhone

The car Manual has a step by step instruction for setting GMusicConnect if you need further help.

[xcdarrel17]

Originally Posted by roccky08

I think it only happens from a clean start. My M6 turned off and tried to start it using this method to only embarrass myself from both having it turn off and not starting completely. Anyone else wanna test this?

I'll back this up. Not sure what causes it, but in certain situations you have to hold the key to keep it cranking. I think I noticed this when the car failed to start when it was really cold out, and when I stalled out

[HarrisraTx]

Originally Posted by oldfriend

HAVE you notice that the majority of the drivers enter from the DRIVER SIDE ????

What? You enter your car from the driver side? Your weird

[daphatgrant]

Not sure why this does this but if you are in the process of putting the windows up when you pull the key out it puts them back down. Weird but that's what it does.

[mastertypodemon]

Originally Posted by Reaper1a

Really? I have about that many songs on my zune and it takes about 15 seconds after start-up....???

I think players are already "indexed". The USB memory sticks still need it.

[RipperFox]

Originally Posted by xcdarrel17

I'll back this up. Not sure what causes it, but in certain situations you have to hold the key to keep it cranking. I think I noticed this when the car failed to start when it was really cold out, and when I stalled out

+1, if you stall a the LS3, you have to hold the key in the start position to keep it cranking until it starts. Happened to me today. dooh!

[TJ91]

Originally Posted by rtcat600man

I was under the impression that the orange halo trim was on the SS model and the blue halo trim was on the other models.

Yeah SS in the states only.
GM had the worst bullshit story for that crap.
Theyre story was that, the IO option was going to be an SS option only (Therefore both canadian and american SSs should get the red ring right? No)
Then they decided to open it up for the v6, but they already made the order/contract for the clusters therefor the v6s were stuck with blue rings.
That explained the V6 issue, never the Canadian SS with IO interior issue
See what i mean? All BS because the Canadian SSs would have had the order/contract in place anyways...
Oh well, anyone know why when your slowing down to a stop, in the V6 M6, that the car holds the throttle at 1000rpm until your at a dead stop?
Or how when your backing up, how it prolongs you as you gas and clutch?
Ive never had a car do this, anyone know why?

[Jefe's SS]

Originally Posted by Ironheadspearo

if you tune your stereo to 89.3 then hold the unlock button for 10 seconds it will turn off the governor and allow the car to max out on speed over 155 mph..... once you restart the car the governor will go back to its default setting.

Can anyone else confirm this or is it just ?

It could be handy as I'm going to the track on friday and would like to see if I can hit max speed aero limited rather than governor limited.

[cruizin]

If the green light on your inside rearview mirrior goes red sometimes, this means there is a problem with your ONSTAR.
Get a diagnostics form ONSTAR and see your dealer.

[Nitrosniffer]

If your car starts to overheat, it will automatically turn the A/C off, then turn the A/C back on when it reaches normal operating temperature - As per the owners manual

This is incredibly useful if you do what I did once, and drive through Death Valley in July...