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Here’s Why The Check Engine Light Is A Horrible, Terrible Thing
Jalopnik ^ | 24 Nov 2014 | Doug DeMuro

Posted on 11/25/2014 11:06:02 AM PST by Eric Pode of Croydon

Edited on 11/25/2014 11:43:23 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

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To: Eric Pode of Croydon

I bought an Acura.

I think my low air pressure light came on one time but it told me which tire. Even tells me how much pressure is in each tire.

Never had another warning light come on.


21 posted on 11/25/2014 11:21:09 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: BRL

We have a new Mercedes GLK 350....hubby’s car. He hates it. The friggin lights come on when it is time for a $400 service based on miles. Nothing is wrong. You just hit the mileage where they need $400.


22 posted on 11/25/2014 11:21:09 AM PST by sheana
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To: Eric Pode of Croydon

A friend of mine, a mechanic, once was griping to me that every car that had come over the past 5 weeks had nothing more than bad sensors which triggered the engine lights. 14 bays, always full and his guys were really getting bored with it all.


23 posted on 11/25/2014 11:21:23 AM PST by buffaloguy
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To: Eric Pode of Croydon

I keep getting a battery warning light even though its a new battery. Kill the engine, restart, light goes out. No one at Chrysler knows why.


24 posted on 11/25/2014 11:21:47 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: driftdiver

Our new Mercedes does the same thing. An actual diagram of the car shows up with the info.


25 posted on 11/25/2014 11:22:34 AM PST by sheana
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To: PapaBear3625

Because you might not have a factory stereo. And you don’t have to go to the dealer, you can buy a decoder for cheap, or learn your car’s konami code.


26 posted on 11/25/2014 11:22:53 AM PST by discostu (YAHTZEE!)
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To: Eric Pode of Croydon

This sounds like it was written by a woman who knows little about cars.


27 posted on 11/25/2014 11:24:25 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: tanknetter
Or this:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.prowl.torque&hl=en

28 posted on 11/25/2014 11:24:27 AM PST by NY.SS-Bar9 (Those that vote for a living outnumber those that work for one.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Know why Brits drink warm beer?
Lucas makes refridgerators, too..


29 posted on 11/25/2014 11:25:19 AM PST by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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To: Eric Pode of Croydon

The check engine light is the ultimate Idiot light designed for one thing- make money for the dealership. It would cost $.02 more to have an LCD readout of the actual problem, but then the customer would not have to take the car back to the dealership for service.


30 posted on 11/25/2014 11:26:36 AM PST by kik5150
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To: PapaBear3625

Chrysler used to build in a “Check engine” fault programmed to come on every 50,000 miles. You HAD to go to a mechanic and pay $50 (or more) to get it turned off.


31 posted on 11/25/2014 11:26:44 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
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To: tanknetter

I just go to autozone and they plug in their reader and give me the printout. No charge.


32 posted on 11/25/2014 11:27:03 AM PST by AFreeBird
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To: TangoLimaSierra

I take my car to autozone and they put the machine on it and tell me what it says. I changed the gas cap myself. I finally pulled the fuse on the darn brakes...after all kinds of false readings.


33 posted on 11/25/2014 11:27:57 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Eric Pode of Croydon
As soon as I read "Range Rover" I knew what the problem was.

Why do people buy those things? It has to be masochism.

34 posted on 11/25/2014 11:28:23 AM PST by doorgunner69
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To: discostu

A small digital readout would work, too.


35 posted on 11/25/2014 11:28:49 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
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To: discostu

OR...you can be like me. I have a 1969 VW beetle. I spent two years restoring this car. She and I are one. I can hear, feel, smell, and sense anything wrong with the car. No need for the idiot lights.

And unlike my ex-wife, she won’t leave me for another guy.


36 posted on 11/25/2014 11:30:25 AM PST by fredhead (Join the Navy and see the world.....77% of which is covered in water.)
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To: Eric Pode of Croydon

I have a buddy who used to be a General Manager at a Nissan dealership. I got all my cars from him for over 20 years. One time my check engine light came on.

He said, “Bring it in and I’ll have them shut that off. That’s just to get you into the dealership so we can sell you things.”


37 posted on 11/25/2014 11:30:49 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Life is good.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

But then you have to find room for it. And people will gripe about that. Check engine light works fine for me, of course I close my gas cap so it pretty much never turns on.


38 posted on 11/25/2014 11:31:12 AM PST by discostu (YAHTZEE!)
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To: sheana

137,000 miles on mine. Have a new battery, new rear brakes, new filters, and regular maintenance on the transmission.

Oh and I did have new tires and a the vales adjusted at 120,000 miles. Never had a warning light.

I guess my interior is getting rough and the button for the drivers side window is wearing out. They just dont make things like they used too.


39 posted on 11/25/2014 11:32:59 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: doorgunner69

Only the best British Engineering


40 posted on 11/25/2014 11:34:01 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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