frostone

Does anyone know if key dance works on 06 HHR trying to view code due to engine light coming on. Tried it but couldn't get it to work.
Thanks in advance

843de

Nope, you'll need to have the codes pulled.

Your local Napa, Advance, Autozone, O'Reilly's, etc, can pull the codes for free.

Then post up the code numbers on the forum so we can give you an idea of what may be going on.

For the "Young Uns" here, the key dance was a way to get pre-OBD vehicles to give you trouble codes by sequentially flashing the CEL.

db/sb

The cars I remember being able to do the "key dance" on actually gave codes. 2004 Dodge Intrepid (my son's car), and 2006 Chrysler Crossfire (sister-in-law's car) come to mind. They are actually both OBD2 cars but the 'key dance' allows you to read codes w/o a code reader/scanner. I think you're recalling earlier systems like the old 'ALDL' system in my 83 El Camino where you short the two pins on the ALDL connector, turn the key to the on position and read the 'blinks' of the CEL.

843de

Well I stand corrected at least as far as Chrysler products are concerned, interesting info, didn't know they had that capability.

Never have been a Mopar guy, my Challenger will probably be my first, last, and only new Dodge. It's a great car, but when they kill 'em off in 2015, I don't see anything to get excited about as a replacement.

And yes I do remember the ALDL systems where the "Scan Tool" was a bent paperclip and the ability to count the blinks of the CEL. Ah, the good old days when you had about a mile of vacuum lines, an HEI ignition, and an electronic choke as the "high tech" stuff under the hood.

prod

Yup, my '85 Chrysler flashed the engine light to give codes, you had to turn the key on three times, wish it was still that easy. On my Hhr I use an elm327 bluetooth adapter and my cell phone, so it's not too bad.