Warning Lights in Your Car
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Our check engine light came on a couple of weeks ago, and then the cruise control light started flashing, and the ABS -off light also came on.
Turned out it was because I'd bought an aftermarket gas cap when Mrs. Phibes somehow managed to lose ours.
$80 for the diagnostic, $40 for the new Subaru gas cap we didn't need.
It took about 9 months for the light to come on, presumably so that I would not connect the two occurrences and fork out the money.
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Our check engine light came on a couple of weeks ago, and then the cruise control light started flashing, and the ABS -off light also came on.
Turned out it was because I'd bought an aftermarket gas cap when Mrs. Phibes somehow managed to lose ours.
$80 for the diagnostic, $40 for the new Subaru gas cap we didn't need.
It took about 9 months for the light to come on, presumably so that I would not connect the two occurrences and fork out the money.
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@mark Thanks! That's going on my wishlist.
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@mark Thanks! That's going on my wishlist.
@Doctor-Phibes I have no direct experience with that particular make and model. It was the cheapest one I saw on Amazon. They all typically will work just fine for most vehicles. They are not 100% comprehensive diagnostics, that typically requires much more expensive units, but they will catch a lot of fault codes including the "gas cap not installed properly" code. It can also erase any codes it is capable of reading, which turns off the Check Engine light. If the condition persists after an "Erase Codes" it will just trip the same code again. But at least you have an idea of what's going on with your car.
