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My malfunction light came on today. I read the manual and it says it may be loose fuel cap and it takes several trips before it resets. have you guys experienced this?
I'm a little worried. I'm hoping it was just a loose fuel cap and it will reset itself.
Yes, the manual calls it the Malfunction Indicator light. Any way, yes the engine light. Has any one have this happen. I'm hoping it was a lose fuel cap. But the manual says it takes several trips to reset it self. If it doesn't it something more serious. WTF.
HELP. Feedback appreciated. I'm worried. I traded in my Passat to get a reliable car and now this crap. I hope its nothing serious.
Was the fuel cap loose? If it was, yes thats true it will kick the MIL light on and it will turn itself back out in a few trips, It come on for emissions reason. Dont sweat it you bought a GREAT car
Maby this is comming from that skretching noise you mentioned on another thred? And dont worry. Toyota is a grate car. Dont worry about a thing.As Peonhonda said you bought a grate car.
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Thanks guys. I hope you're right. Seems like the malfunction (engine check) light can be a number of things: O2 sensor, gas cap, solenoid, etc. I think car companies do this so you have to bring it in for service, just to rip you off. "oh it was just a loose cap, that will be $50 minimum charge" They could have easily displayed an error code instead of a vague engine check light. I mean my old Nakamichi cd player even had a error code it would display if there was a problem.
Was the fuel cap loose? If it was, yes thats true it will kick the MIL light on and it will turn itself back out in a few trips, It come on for emissions reason. Dont sweat it you bought a GREAT car
Not sure if it was loose. I somewhat panicked and opened the cap and then clicked it back on once. Stupid me. I should have take notice first.
yeah its better the car tell you if somethings wrong then just not telling you and breaking =)
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I had the same problem (check engine light) with my 2001 Camry, so I took it took it to the Toyota Dealership they told me I needed to replace my EGR Valve and Vacuu Valve. It was 60.29 for the EGR, 72.68 for the Vacuu Valve and 82.00 for the labor.
I had the same problem (check engine light) with my 2001 Camry, so I took it took it to the Toyota Dealership they told me I needed to replace my EGR Valve and Vacuu Valve. It was 60.29 for the EGR, 72.68 for the Vacuu Valve and 82.00 for the labor.
Ouch.. Hopefully, it's not serious, just a gas cap thing. But why does it take so long to reset. The manual says it takes a several trips to reset. I'll drive it for the next few days and sees what happens.
In like 7 trips or so it will turn off. But the ECU will keep the code in its membory for quick refrence for i think 40 or 80 trips (one of the two). Go to autozone and have them pull codes to make shure you arent doing more damage by driveing it with an engine light on.
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Seatbelt! you're piloting a vehicle were dual vvt-i hitts harder then VTEC and the torquesteer can possibly snap your wrists
Maby this is comming from that skretching noise you mentioned on another thred? And dont worry. Toyota is a grate car. Dont worry about a thing.As Peonhonda said you bought a grate car.
Maybe. I wonder if its the Engine belt that was making the skretching sound.
I will drive it a few more trips and see what happens, but then take to Toyota dealer.
Thanks guys. I hope you're right. Seems like the malfunction (engine check) light can be a number of things: O2 sensor, gas cap, solenoid, etc. I think car companies do this so you have to bring it in for service, just to rip you off. "oh it was just a loose cap, that will be $50 minimum charge" They could have easily displayed an error code instead of a vague engine check light. I mean my old Nakamichi cd player even had a error code it would display if there was a problem.
this is point of view is so aggrivating to me. if cars where simple enough to diagnos that a code could be spit out and that was the problem, you wouldnt need $10,000 scanners would you? fyi, some cars do give you a code (caddys come to mind, old toyotas, you just jump two pins and itll flash a code, and i think some cressidas, itll even display it for you.). and if your that impatient about it, you can buy a scanner for 20 bucks and read the code yourself. I even saw a commercial for aamco - theyre diagnosing check engine lights for 29.95. autozone will even hook up a scanner for you. say its a evap code tho? these codes usally pop up in sets of three. ok, you tighten the gas cap - now what? someone has to be able to know how to test that system. and thats what your paying for. you dont go to the doctor to bitch about that, why is this any different?
you fortunate enough to be driving a pretty decent car. my bet is that its an air fuel sensor. they go bad very often. a 50 dollar minimum charge isnt even that bad. 1 hour labor at my place of employment is 88. and we charge one hour labor diagnostic. if its something simple like a losoe gas cap, maybe theyll only charge you half of that. You have to think of this tho - the tech that is fixing you car is only making 15-25 of that 88. thats a big gap.
I think car companies do this so you have to bring it in for service, just to rip you off. "oh it was just a loose cap, that will be $50 minimum charge"
Quite the opposite. The scanner is only $50 to read your own codes, autozone does them for free. The reason the scanners are only $50 is because the protocol is universal and anyone can make a hardware/software package to interface with the car. OBDII was mandated by the government to make it easier to get electrical diagnosis on cars, not harder.
If you think that a random check engine light makes a car unreliable, you got another thing coming.
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