aristocatkitty
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA
I had an interlock device installed in my car today. When it came time to test and blow to get ready to leave the shop, the device kept on giving me a "insufficient sample" reading. I tried it several times, at least a dozen, using different techniques... slow and even, forceful, but by the end of the ordeal I was freaking out. It would not work!
We called the supplier and all of us three decided to let the mechanic try. His first try didn't take. (He blew too hard). I went over and over the instructions with the lady on the phone, "breathe like you're blowing out candles; breathe like you're trying to make bubbles through a soda straw". Slow and steady, not forceful, etc., etc. There was no success!
I had the guy blow in order to get me out of his service bay and get home. It's on record the fails. And also on record the five minutes of beeping failures I received on my way home. Now parked in front of my house, dead as a doornail.
They've ordered me a new one, due in a couple of days, Never mind I need help with a big blow to get me over there, but honestly, what happens if this second one doesn't work? This is a disaster! I really don't have enough air to blow. I inhale deep and exhaust until there's nothing left except a deep lung whistle.
Since my next trip is to hand the document to the DMV, has anyone ever heard of a case where the DMV will give me a pass because of this? After all this wasted time and money? I can't imagine being stuck somewhere.
I had an interlock device installed in my car today. When it came time to test and blow to get ready to leave the shop, the device kept on giving me a "insufficient sample" reading. I tried it several times, at least a dozen, using different techniques... slow and even, forceful, but by the end of the ordeal I was freaking out. It would not work!
We called the supplier and all of us three decided to let the mechanic try. His first try didn't take. (He blew too hard). I went over and over the instructions with the lady on the phone, "breathe like you're blowing out candles; breathe like you're trying to make bubbles through a soda straw". Slow and steady, not forceful, etc., etc. There was no success!
I had the guy blow in order to get me out of his service bay and get home. It's on record the fails. And also on record the five minutes of beeping failures I received on my way home. Now parked in front of my house, dead as a doornail.
They've ordered me a new one, due in a couple of days, Never mind I need help with a big blow to get me over there, but honestly, what happens if this second one doesn't work? This is a disaster! I really don't have enough air to blow. I inhale deep and exhaust until there's nothing left except a deep lung whistle.
Since my next trip is to hand the document to the DMV, has anyone ever heard of a case where the DMV will give me a pass because of this? After all this wasted time and money? I can't imagine being stuck somewhere.