97 SL/Drive cycles???????????

My Mother-in-law has a 97 Saturn SL that she can't get inspected because
she has 3 monitors that show "Not Ready".
the *O2 monitor*, the *catylist monitor*, and the *EGR monitor*.
I had previously replaced the battery.
I looked on http://www.obdii.com/ and they explain that after a battery
disconnect it is necessary to put the car through a drive pattern which
is listed on the same website. I tried the drive pattern and still have
the same "not ready" monitors. I also tried what the Saturn Service
manager told me to do which was to just drive the car for at least 30
continuous miles without shutting down the engine. This didn't work
either. My OBD II doesn't show any fault codes it just shows these 3
monitors to be "Not Ready"
Does anyone have any experience with such a problem? If so what was your
solution?
It's beyond me why a car company would create such a problem unless it
was done as a revenue generator. Another dealer said they can do the
correct drive cycle for me for a meer $89.50

 

You could try - Disconnect the battery for 10 to 15 minutes, to clear the
computer. See if that will reset things.

 

Try going to this website. They talk about this very problem although they
are trying to sell an OBD II reader. Might help...

-ShootnBlind-

http://www.troublecodes.net/articles/equus/Equuis_OBD_II_code_reader.shtml

 

According to the inspection station and Saturn, disconnecting the
battery is what caused the monitors to be in "Not Ready" mode in the
first place.