I started my car and it rumbled to a start. I have had this happen over the years, especially when I lived in rainy areas in the east. This time, once the idle settled down to normal, I got a check engine light, a VSC light, and a blinking VSC OFF light. The car drove fine under these conditions, but eventually I made my way back to the oil change place that did my fuel injection drip service.
2 days prior, I had F.I. cleaner put in the gas tank, and had them do the "BG" drip into the engine to clean out the fuel injectors. I took the car back to them and had them read the codes with their scanner. Both codes in the system showed they were related to the F.I. system. The service guy told me that this wasn't unusual after the F.I. drip was performed. He cleared those codes, which resulted in the check engine light, the VSC light and the VSC OFF (blinking) light disappearing.
I have read on line that many of the Corollas built at the same time as our second generation Vibes suffer from these same lights coming on.
I was wondering: has anyone else had the fuel injection system (F.I.) drip cleaning done or used Sea Foam, and had the same problems with trouble codes shortly thereafter? I had a nice plume of white smoke come out of my exhaust for about 3 seconds after they performed the service, blowing out the built up carbon I suppose.
I'm pretty resigned to the fact that these lights will come on again in the coming days, so I thought I'd contact this group to see if you believe there is any trouble other than a rich running F.I. system after the cleaning was done? Also, I believe the drip is performed through the brake vacuum line. Is that correct? Could that account for the VSC lights coming on?
As of this writing, my brakes work fine, and I am able to turn on/off the stability control/VSC using the button to the left of the steering column. Your thoughts?