2003 Hyundai Tiburon my car has failed the emission check

2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON
56,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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In Arizona, my car has failed the emission check, due to the "drive cycle"is not set. What does this mean? How do I reset or setup this drive cycle? I'm told you have to run the vehicle through several scenarios, I have not been able to find out what these scenarios are.

My son drives the car to school, maybe five miles one way. And to work, about one mile one way. Mostly short trips, no longer than five minutes running time. He's been on maybe two trips over forty miles one way, on the interstate, no stops.

We've had the car for sixmonths, but he has not been on many trips of different driving scenarios.
Nov 9, 2010 at 1:51 AM
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How long did you drive vehicle? How many days?

It could take up to a week of regular driving to set the drive cycles. If it still doesn't set the drive cycles usual problem is bad thermostat or bad intake air temp sensor.

If you have been driving it for that long there is definitely a problem. How the drive cycle works is the computer checks the outside ambient temperature and compares it to the engine cooling system temperature and it needs to see they are equal when a cold start condition occurs. Most causes is an out of sync outside temperature sensor or engine coolant temperature sensor. The other problem is the computer may not have memory power and the computer keeps resetting. The power supplies will have to be checked
Nov 9, 2010 at 1:56 AM