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Check engine light on
I'm taking my car to get hooked up to a computer tomorrow but it's bothering me so much. Has anybody had their check engine light go on? I'm nice to my car, what's going on?
GRRRR.
GRRRR.
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Hey, my long-lost twin brother rx8revin? =) It sucks because I experience the same problem with my car recently. I currently have 8,000 miles on my car and had the check engine light go on on thursday morning when I started the car to go to work. The only thing unusual that I could think of the previous night was that it was raining pretty hard, and I was driving through some deep rain-filled lanes on the 880. I know this might souind krazy, but would it possible that somehow the deep rain-filled lanes on the freeway affected the Renesis engine since it is mounted so low and deep? I will also bring it to the dealership to get the error code in the morning and post results later.
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no. 2000 owners on here and not a single CEL until yours.
your car, like elara mentions, has probably failed it's evap test. hence the light. it is either the result of the gas cap not being on tight or a software glitch that causes a false evap test failure. there is a reflash that gets rid of the software glitch.
your car, like elara mentions, has probably failed it's evap test. hence the light. it is either the result of the gas cap not being on tight or a software glitch that causes a false evap test failure. there is a reflash that gets rid of the software glitch.
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Seriously, I'm going to sound like an *** but when a Check Engine light comes on here's what you do:
TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP !!!
There is NO way any member can tell you what is wrong through a computer screen.
I see so many of these threads and wonder why they are even posted...
TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP !!!
There is NO way any member can tell you what is wrong through a computer screen.
I see so many of these threads and wonder why they are even posted...
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I had 5 CELs over 1500 miles - they were all P0420 codes - Catalytic Inefficiency. Finally convinced service that there was a reflash available that might fix it. It hasn't reappeared yet, but it's still too early to tell.
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Low and behold, monday morning, I started up the car and the check engine light magically disaapeared. I have now driven the car for two days without any problems. Should I still bring in the car just to get it checked out?
And whats this thing I hear about a ECU reflash and air bag recall? Should I bring my car in to get this taken care of. Anyone bring the car to the dealership to have these issues taken care of?
And whats this thing I hear about a ECU reflash and air bag recall? Should I bring my car in to get this taken care of. Anyone bring the car to the dealership to have these issues taken care of?
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How come I keep logging in with someone elses screen name?!!
Low and behold, monday morning, I started up the car and the check engine light magically disaapeared. I have now driven the car for two days without any problems. Should I still bring in the car just to get it checked out?
And whats this thing I hear about a ECU reflash and air bag recall? Should I bring my car in to get this taken care of. Anyone bring the car to the dealership to have these issues taken care of?
Low and behold, monday morning, I started up the car and the check engine light magically disaapeared. I have now driven the car for two days without any problems. Should I still bring in the car just to get it checked out?
And whats this thing I hear about a ECU reflash and air bag recall? Should I bring my car in to get this taken care of. Anyone bring the car to the dealership to have these issues taken care of?
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I had 5 CELs over 1500 miles - they were all P0420 codes - Catalytic Inefficiency. Finally convinced service that there was a reflash available that might fix it. It hasn't reappeared yet, but it's still too early to tell.
I had 5 CELs over 1500 miles - they were all P0420 codes - Catalytic Inefficiency. Finally convinced service that there was a reflash available that might fix it. It hasn't reappeared yet, but it's still too early to tell.
We are @ 29.6 as of today
Make sure the dealer has the WDS up to date and they reflash the car.
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my dog threw up yesterday, so i brought him in to the dealership and they reflashed his ECU...it's great how Mazda figured out a way to solve all the world's problems with a quick reflash of the ECU
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Hello all,
My CEL came on a few weeks ago while I was driving 25 mph and the engine was half way to normal temp. It happened on a weekend so I waited until monday to pursue service. I ended up resetting the ecu (or whatever its called) and clearing it myself. I did this because out of the three Mazda Dealerships I went to, two of them were booked for 7 days, and one of them was booked for two weeks! I was polite but aggressive and still had no luck. I am not a car mechanic by no means, but I think a CEL is a priority. After all of them told me that it's proboblay no big deal and proboblay just a emmisions error, I decided to do what I did above and go for it. The light has been off for a week now, and everything seems to be fine. I never even noticed any bad running engine symptoms when the light was on. I figured, I'm still under warranty, and if this light is such a big deal, then three dealerships would have squeezed me in or told me not to drive it.
I guess my main issue with this experience is, in the future, if I need warrantly work that requires me not to drive the car, then I guess I just go without a car while I wait for the backed up dealers to get to it? That is unacceptable to me. I can see a day or two, but up to two weeks? That sucks!
I still love this machine and I guess it's worth the wait, but geeezz.
My CEL came on a few weeks ago while I was driving 25 mph and the engine was half way to normal temp. It happened on a weekend so I waited until monday to pursue service. I ended up resetting the ecu (or whatever its called) and clearing it myself. I did this because out of the three Mazda Dealerships I went to, two of them were booked for 7 days, and one of them was booked for two weeks! I was polite but aggressive and still had no luck. I am not a car mechanic by no means, but I think a CEL is a priority. After all of them told me that it's proboblay no big deal and proboblay just a emmisions error, I decided to do what I did above and go for it. The light has been off for a week now, and everything seems to be fine. I never even noticed any bad running engine symptoms when the light was on. I figured, I'm still under warranty, and if this light is such a big deal, then three dealerships would have squeezed me in or told me not to drive it.
I guess my main issue with this experience is, in the future, if I need warrantly work that requires me not to drive the car, then I guess I just go without a car while I wait for the backed up dealers to get to it? That is unacceptable to me. I can see a day or two, but up to two weeks? That sucks!
I still love this machine and I guess it's worth the wait, but geeezz.
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