New Cars Don't All Come With Dipsticks Anymore, Here's Why - Jalopnik
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If you've gone under the hood of a lot of late-model cars, you may have noticed something missing: the dipstick. Why do so many new cars lack them?
  • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    The real reason is that owners would not reseat the dipstick properly, which would cause a vacuum leak and a lean fuel mixture that would trigger the CEL.

    That is absolutely piss-poor design. But definitely a BMW thing to do.