code 82 shut down motor on freeway

[shirlnbruce]

My 2013 Sonic had it's oil change and they forgot to reset the oil %. It went to 0% on the freeway and the car shutdown, lucky no one was following me, it was heavy traffic and I was in the slow lane so I was able to get off. Does anyone know why this code 82 would shut down the motor. This sounds like a critical problem that could cause a serious wreak.

 

[Natesriv]

from a previous post

Code 82 is change oil soon.

Turn your car on, but leave it in park.
Push the menu button until you see oil life in your DIC.
Push and hold the reset button.
Have a good day.


Sounds like you just need to reset and be on your merry way

The car most likely went into that "mode" as a precaution. If after resetting it runs fine, count your blessings.. oh and don't get so close to 0% next time...SHAME!

 

[shirlnbruce]

Where in my book does it say my car will shut down and I will lose all car functions until it is restarted. How does one steer and brake when you have no power.

 

[RMinNJ]

That's sounds like some other problem that it shutdown ..unrelated to the code 82.

 

[Palmaris]

Wow, keep us posted on what you find out.

 

[dannyg]

Wow I find it hard to believe the car is designed to shut down on the highway just because the oil is a bit "old". My guess is something else is going on. Please let us know what you find out.

 

[Natesriv]

Where in my book does it say my car will shut down and I will lose all car functions until it is restarted. How does one steer and brake when you have no power.

That amigo, I'm not sure of... In my mind I was thinking it went into limp mode, not shut down and had no power.....

Have you reset percent and checked since that event?

 

[wasteoffilm]

You can still steer and brake, you just lose the power assistance.

 

[ahtoxa]

My 2013 Sonic had it's oil change and they forgot to reset the oil %. It went to 0% on the freeway and the car shutdown, lucky no one was following me, it was heavy traffic and I was in the slow lane so I was able to get off. Does anyone know why this code 82 would shut down the motor. This sounds like a critical problem that could cause a serious wreak.

No, there's nothing in programming of a car that would force it to shut down. Meaning, manufacturers would not program that in to make the car shut down on purpose while driving.

That's a liability no manufacturer would even consider accepting.

You have other issues with the car, unrelated to code 82.

 

[Swordsmith]

I have on more than one occasion seen the code 82 pop up. It never shut my car down. It doesn't make any sense at all that it would, and if it did I'm pretty sure other people would have reported it by now, it's not at all uncommon for oil change folks to neglect this reset, particularly if they aren't Chevy Dealerships. The only thing the oil life sensor is designed to do is to get you to go in for a change.

This would be like having the "turn signal has been on for a long time, are you sure you don't want to turn that off" beeper shut your steering down.

"Mysterious shutdown" is a serious problem, don't get me wrong, but usually there's a logical cause, or else there's no cause at all, it happens once and never again, and since no mechanic can ever see it, it's very hard to pin down what happened.

BUT it also doesn't leave you with "no steering and no brake". I caused that problem once by pinching an ultragauge wire with my steering wheel column (I thought I'd found a neat place to hide the wire) and I lost -power- steering and -power- brakes. The car only weighs 3000 lbs loaded, it's not exactly crippling to steer and brake manually.

 

[Gio]

Looks like a BS post by someone who can't spell wreck.

 

[Doc]

I think you may have some other issues going on shrlinbruce, I have done bad things (like not changing my oil past 0%) when circumstances dictated. I have yet to have my sonic shut down on me.

It's just an anecdote, but relevant none the less, IMHO

 

[Sonic]

Your oil life, or lack of, would not cause your car to shut down, until the time when the oil was so old that the engine suffered a catastrophic failure. You have something else going on.