the dealer wants $75.00 to reset my check engine light,and i only have 17000 on it, is there a way to reset it myself.if it was a loose gas cap.and the car is under factory warrenty

go to Walmart to the automotive section they sale one for around 60 dollars that is a tool to read codes and such. It will also turn off that pesty light. Afterwards, you still have the tool just in case. the instruction are simple and you will have no problems. I would think that warrantee would still be in place. If you wanted to come to Kansas, I would do it for you! He he. Good Luck

Go to Auto Zone they will read it for free and erase it if it's a bull shit message which it probably is or you can find out what the problem is.

Thanks for they replies, i think i will go buy a code reader, they are $150.00 in canada, it will save me a lot of hassle with the dealer

[paulandsabrina]

i thought the check engine light resets after 3 driving trips if the problem is corrected sounds like the gas cap to me 3 clicks or it sucks air i also came across the diagrams to make your own obd tool to reset light let me no if you want it and ill go find it

Nope, my sister left the cap loose on my Mountaineer and as soon as I got on the freeway, it lit up and stayed lit. I would just stop at different shops, usually near lunch time and ask how much? And lie about this place said this amount for cash, thanks anyway, till one bit for $40.00, it only takes a minute.

[werks]

Originally Posted by cindy

the dealer wants $75.00 to reset my check engine light,and i only have 17000 on it, is there a way to reset it myself.if it was a loose gas cap.and the car is under factory warrenty

unplug the fuse at the battery cable for 30 seconds....then put back in! if there's no fuse there....just disconnect the positive cable(DO NOT LET IT TOUCH ANYTHING!!!!!) that should erase any codes stored(but you will have to reset your tunes)

Originally Posted by werks

unplug the fuse at the battery cable for 30 seconds....then put back in! if there's no fuse there....just disconnect the positive cable(DO NOT LET IT TOUCH ANYTHING!!!!!) that should erase any codes stored(but you will have to reset your tunes)

Battery sleep will not clear codes on north americam obdII cars.

sure will but it takes atleast 5 min not 30 seconds, and you can also read your codes and reset your CE light with a paperclip, placed in the right spots on your obdII connector, in reality that is all those code readers from wally mart and crappy tire do, and when someone says man you can stick paper clips in there you'll short it out, well what the hell do you think the readers do. hope this helps, and if not I bet I will recieve alot of negative feed back, or atleast a lil a both. lol!

[Saturn055]

Unplug the battery for a few minutes and then plug it back in.
The check engine light code should go away.
If it does not go away then your problem is not a lose gas cap and in order to get it fixed you will first have to get the code from your car's computer.
I am a GM man so I know

Saturn055

unpluging battery for 10 minuets did nothing for me i hade to buy a code reader @ $150.00 and found 2 of the same codes po455 and eraced them.now i am stuck with this code reader.

[#40Fan]

17,000 miles, the thing should be under warranty. The dealership should do it for free.

clark motors said if u overfill or loose gas cap $75.00 to reset computer,and i just bought the car 1 week earlier,thats a gm dealer in canada

[#40Fan]

They will never know what it is until they check it with thier scanner. It should still be free as it is under warranty. I'd call another dealer and see what they have to say.

if eveybody did not tigten their gas cap properly do u think they would do it for free under warrenty, they new the car was under warrenty because i just bought it from them

[#40Fan]

They won't know that the gas cap is the problem until they check it out.

They just said if it was overfilled and that is what i have done during these gas prices,or a loose cap i would be charged,anything else would be under warrenty

[#40Fan]

Well then, either leave it alone and make sure you keep the cap tight and after so many drive cycles, it will shut off the light, or you can gamble on whether that is the actual problem and take it in.

i bought code reader and eraced them myself 2 codes po455 engine emmisions

[#40Fan]

P0455 Evaporative Emission Control System Leak Detected (gross leak)

Well, there you go. More than likely the gas cap.

[badger6]

Usually after a preset number of key cycles the idiot light should reset if the obd does not detect the problem anymore. I would drive it a few days to see if it resets by itself.

If it doesn't I would go trade it in on a early '80s Chrysler K car, ha ha ha ha ha.

the distributer cost $1000.oo for those k cars a rip off