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Monitech Ignition Interlock Fail then Pass 5 mins later

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Laura8392

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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
NC

Hello Everybody. I was wondering if anyone could answer my question. I received a Fail on my start test yesterday morning, so the device locked me out for 5 minutes and I used that time to quickly wash my mouth out with water. After the 5 minutes were up, I blew into it again and I passed it! So even though I didn't trigger a violation, I called Monitech for comfort and they told me that the DMV could still see my first initial fail and they could take action if they wanted to..? But I do not understand this because I literally passed the re-test 5 minutes later so clearly this was caused by contaminants and I hadn't been drinking. Somebody please tell me if they think I am okay or not? I get my device out in a little over 3 weeks so I'm scared out of my wits right now.
Thank you so much!
 


quincy

quincy

Senior Member
Laura8392 said:
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
NC

Hello Everybody. I was wondering if anyone could answer my question. I received a Fail on my start test yesterday morning, so the device locked me out for 5 minutes and I used that time to quickly wash my mouth out with water. After the 5 minutes were up, I blew into it again and I passed it! So even though I didn't trigger a violation, I called Monitech for comfort and they told me that the DMV could still see my first initial fail and they could take action if they wanted to..? But I do not understand this because I literally passed the re-test 5 minutes later so clearly this was caused by contaminants and I hadn't been drinking. Somebody please tell me if they think I am okay or not? I get my device out in a little over 3 weeks so I'm scared out of my wits right now.
Thank you so much!
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All failures will send out alerts to the monitoring center but no one here can tell you what will happen after your initial fail. Possibly nothing, if a restart after 5 minutes was successful. The ignition interlock sensors can sometimes be fussy and false-positives are not uncommon.
 
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