Why is this sign always on? HELP!
 

Can any one please help?

Why is the sign in the pic always on after the car starts?

Many thanks in advanced.

Its a check engine light, it could be from a whole shit load of things.

go to autozone pepboys whatever and get a OBDII reader, and check your Check engine light (or CEL) code.

After the I brought my car to the workshop and was charge hundreds of $$ to just deflood the engine, then it became like that. And today, when I pulled the gear to R then the car just went dead. Really don't know what happened.

Im not one to say what it exactly is as i havnt gone through any of this since my car only has 32k miles and hasnt had any problems yet but...

The workshop? who deflooded the car? not the dealership?

go get it read. come back with the code then we can help you.

one of the following I bet

p0300
p0301
p0302
p0171
p2096
p0421
p0456

You are exactly the type of car owner that should take your car to a car dealer and have them investigate what's going on with your car.

Also, you're EXACTLY the type of car driver who SHOULD PULL OUT THE OWNERS MANUAL AND READ WHAT ALL THOSE SYMBOLS ON THE DASH MIGHT MEAN WHEN ONE LIGHTS UP!!!!!

If you don't own an owners manual, here's a link to a 2005 RX-8 owners manual right from Mazda's website:

https://www.mymazda.com/MusaWeb/pdf/...2005RX-8OM.pdf

You need to go straight to page 131 and start reading.
Your specific light is written about on page 135.

Honestly, you probably need to read the whole thing.

Have you never owned a car before?

BC.

I cant tell if the op is serious or not.

its alright, it just says the engine is there under the hood. :jump:

Ban the check engine light! Do it for your mother!

http://jalopnik.com/5875751/why-the-...must-be-banned

I know what you are getting at here, and I agree. However, "I put it into R and it just died" would suggest that probably unconnected to the flooding/deflooding, there is a reverse switch short. No mention on if the OP restarted it immediately (Which would rule it out) or not (which keeps it in)




I'm reminded of a few weeks ago, our roommate came home and asked me: "Can you show me how to check my oil? When I went to get the battery replaced, the guy told me that it didn't have any."


:wallbash:

That would be amazing... Its all so true lol. My mom had a CEL for weeks before she told me some weird light was on in her car. :uhh:

....i just face-palmed so hard I may have whiplash...

Well, his engine could be dying. A short in the reverse switch is just rare and it should blow his room fuse out.



I laugh hard. I admit.

U cant be serious

To the op...what year, mileage, mods (if any) your rx8 is? If the problem is still under the warranty clause, then you could have it fix for free.