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What technical issues did you ignore for an extended period of time? (leminal.space)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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On my old phone I had an issue with the proximity sensor and front facing camera. This led me to holding my phone backwards to take photos and being unable to hang up phone calls.

I think I put up with this for a year and a half.

I did end up figuring out the issue with the proximity sensor but opening up my phone to reconnect the camera module was too much effort for me.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't know if ignoring is the word for it, but I don't trust for shit the dashboard warnings in my car. I'm pretty sure they don't report issues. I haven't tried to have it checked, but the car is old and I try to pay attention in some other ways.

[–] Carighan 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Especially in older cars, the warnings usually are fully legit - as in, there is no software stack in-between that could be buggy.

However, it's important to note that quite often the probe fails before the car. Meaning that if the oil probe is signaling oil level too low, it might actually be the probe or its wiring that is damaged. This shows up as the same error because hey, it is rather important for the average user to have that warning should the oil level actually be too low, so they make "I cannot know" look as scary as "It's broken" just to make sure you go to the repair shop with that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what it is but I've gotten no warnings when oil levels were dangerous, I only noticed because I checked the oil stick. Anyway the temperature gauge seems to be working and I keep an eye on it as much or more than the fuel.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

The majority of cars don't have a warning for low oil levels, the sensor for that has historically been the owner checking the dipstick. Oil level sensors are becoming more common now as more models appear with them but are still not ubiquitous even in brand new cars.

The oil warning light in most cars is for low oil pressure, and if that one comes on it's time to pull over immediately and hope you managed to turn the engine off in time to save the bearings.