Driving on Saturday down to chicago area, my SES light had just come on while on the freeway. Once I arrived to my destination I let the car sit till Sunday hoping that it I would be gone. It was not, I called my indy on sunday morning, but he was not there and I did not want to bother him at home. So I just drove back home, and the car was and is just fine from what I can tell, anybody have the SES light come and then nothing go wrong? I will make an appoinment this week to have him read the code that could be causing the problem, I bascilly felt terrible the whole time I was driving it but nothing went wrong. Any ideas........
Driving on Saturday down to chicago area, my SES light had just come on while on the freeway. Once I arrived to my destination I let the car sit till Sunday hoping that it I would be gone. It was not, I called my indy on sunday morning, but he was not there and I did not want to bother him at home. So I just drove back home, and the car was and is just fine from what I can tell, anybody have the SES light come and then nothing go wrong? I will make an appoinment this week to have him read the code that could be causing the problem, I bascilly felt terrible the whole time I was driving it but nothing went wrong. Any ideas........
Not without a code.
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SES means error(s) were registered. Many of us have Peake's so we can judge/research their significance right away. The light doesn't necessarily mean the end of the world.
If the light comes on there IS a problem. Might not be serious.
The code will remain, even if the light goes out in a few days.
Stop by a car parts store, borrow a reader- read it, write it down, clear it...see what happens
Next time, to avoid that sick feeling, have a peake in the glove box....
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I had a similar issue - the light came on and then went off after 5-6 starts. Does that mean that the car saw somthing it did not like and threw the code, but did not see it happen again and reset? in other words, if somthing is at fault should the light not remain on? thanks
Kindof- the code remains in memory, but the light will go off after a period of time with no repeat codes.
(This is why when you pull codes on a car, there can be a confusing 'batch' of codes that might not jibe with the recent symptoms- and the advice is 'record the codes, clear, see what returns)
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Kindof- the code remains in memory, but the light will go off after a period of time with no repeat codes.
(This is why when you pull codes on a car, there can be a confusing 'batch' of codes that might not jibe with the recent symptoms- and the advice is 'record the codes, clear, see what returns)
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What he said.
As a general rule, don't diagnose something without the tools to diagnose the problem. Saying "check engine light is on" without scanning it is like going to the doctor and saying "it hurts", but not identifying the location or type of pain.
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