Hey folks- newer (used) slingshot owner here! I purchased a 2015 SL which we love. The previous owner installed a cool air intake which appears to be triggering a check engine light every once in awhile (randomly every few weeks). I had one come on the day after I first bought it, but it cleared when I purchased a new battery and reinstalled... hasn't come back in 2 weeks but I'm told it will likely flip on again at some point. The code is 665565.
When I took it into the dealer they said that this code is likely due to the cool air intake installed but that its not actually causing any harm to the engine (just the computer detecting the air flow out of regular range I guess?). They advised removing the cool air intake and moving the Slingshot back to stock filter- price point for that is likely around ~$800. :cautious:
The code doesn't bother me as long as I know I can clear it easily and as long as its JUST that code. I was looking for any easy way to clear the engine code when this happens but coming up empty. I found this old thread in this forum that seems to indicate for some Slingshots doing an ignition on-off-on-off-on would clear the code. I can't seem to get this to work though and I can only find it documented working on 2016 and after... I'm not sure if that ACTUALLY is the case, but from what I can find online it seems folks using those models have had success but I can't find a documented working use case of that for a 2015. Am I doing it wrong, does this work on 2015 as well?
The other two workarounds I can find are: 1) unplugging the battery and leaving unplugged for a bit or 2) unplugging ECU for about 15 minutes and restarting (rinse and repeat until code is gone).
I really wish there was an easier way to clear codes like this vs going to the dealer every single time OR by unplugging battery OR pulling ECU... all just feels heavy handed for a basic task that you'd normally deal with via a traditional OBDII port on a car.
Anyone have any other tried-and-true methods for clearing codes without going to dealer on a 2015?
Should I just bite the bullet and remove the cool air intake and be done with this?