"check engine" light

[omaha_red]

okay.. what the hell does this mean?

i've had this happen before in other cars (geo prism) and i take
it in and they can never tell me why it's there.. now it comes on
last night.. should i take it in just to be safe? it is hovering around
aero degrees lately.. could that have anything to do with it?

[Popeye_Card]

9 times out of 10, it's nothing. It's an O2 sensor or something that's bad. It can even be as simple as your fuel cap not being tightened all the way, or moisture getting into a sensor someplace.

You can take it to an AutoZone and they'll run a quick diagnostic for you to see what the issue is.

Or wait a day or two and see if it goes off. If it doesn't, and your car appears to be running fine, I'm guessing it's probably the O2 sensor.

[cardinalkarp]

What Popeye said.

[omaha_red]

9 times out of 10, it's nothing. It's an O2 sensor or something that's bad. It can even be as simple as your fuel cap not being tightened all the way, or moisture getting into a sensor someplace.

You can take it to an AutoZone and they'll run a quick diagnostic for you to see what the issue is.

Or wait a day or two and see if it goes off. If it doesn't, and your car appears to be running fine, I'm guessing it's probably the O2 sensor.

cool.. thanks popeye.. i've got an Autozone right by my house.. i'll run in there tonight..

[jim]

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[Spider John]

The van I drive was sold new with a 70000 mile warranty. I thought it was suspicious that as soon as it turned to over to exactly 72000 miles that the check engine light came on. It is probably programmed to do that shortly after the warranty expires to generate service work. Just another case of the man keeping us down.

[StatmanCrothers]

my car tells me when to change the oil, and the other day it suggested running over a squirrel. its getting bossier.

[omaha_red]

The van I drive was sold new with a 70000 mile warranty. I thought it was suspicious that as soon as it turned to over to exactly 72000 miles that the check engine light came on. It is probably programmed to do that shortly after the warranty expires to generate service work. Just another case of the man keeping us down.

i will always pay for extended warranties..

[jim]

my car tells me when to change the oil, and the other day it suggested running over a squirrel. its getting bossier.

lol.

Mine tells me when to change the oil as well, but I haven't seen the hit the squirrel light come on yet.

[TabascoElvis]

my car tells me when to change the oil, and the other day it suggested running over a squirrel. its getting bossier.

lol.

Mine tells me when to change the oil as well, but I haven't seen the hit the squirrel light come on yet.

My wifes does the oil thing too, which is actually pretty handy. The other day she took the squirrel mashing into her own hands without any prompting from her vehicle, although she substituted a rabbit. I got home to find her in tears.