360 Failing Inspection - Battery Died

Drive it, when the battery is disconnected it looses some of its memory. The automated tests that run do so on its own schedule. I'm not talking what the technician does when he is trying to smog test your car, the tests that I am speaking of are the tests that the car makes on itself. Also the evap test needs the car to sit some amount of hours to make sure a vacuum is still held over a certain period of time. Other test require cold start below a certain temperature. You could buy a code reader and check during your drive how things are going. Also when you take it in for testing, the car should be all warmed up since most places I've gone to test as soon as you get there so they don't have to warm up the engine. The battery is another story outside of getting a good and passable test. Take the battery out and go to a battery dealer and have it tested. I went with an Interstate Battery and specifically the Advanced Glass Mat (AGM) because they don't have vents to spill inside the car. Another thought is to always use a battery maintainer when sitting for over a couple of days to ensure it doesn't happen again.

 

The car has to go on a certain number of 'drive cycles' before it'll pass emissions. see this link. nothing to worry about. just follow the bread crumbs to a successful test...

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/360-430-sponsored-yellow-compass-group/286701-resetting-drive-cycle-360-a.html

 

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Note that some early MY 360s have difficulty getting enough monitors smog ready - think MY 99 or Euro cars. Try a search if you have a 99 or Euro and see what people did to resolve - involves reflashing ECU by FNA if you are affected, if I remember correctly.

 

Later cars take awhile to reset too...

 

Yeah, maybe, but some early ones are near impossible to get monitors set... http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/360-430-sponsored-yellow-compass-group/365824-360-failed-ca-smog-what-else-can-done.html

 

Mine is an 03 and it took a bunch of varied driving - and then some reverted on shut down, and took even more driving to get ready. I tracked them with a reader real time, and then refused to shut the car off for 30 minutes while I waited for the check

 

I have an 04 spider that had the same issue. If the "drive cycle" doesn't work after a few times, the California DMV does offer dispute resolution and a referee program. Check it out online

 

Just did this with my 355. Keep driving and it should work.

 

+ 1 on the drive cycles.

 

Ferrari has the worst drive cycle...