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CEL came on for the first time ever
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 6:56 am
by kaykin75
Hi! I have a 2003 Pontiac Vibe, 95000 miles. Never had a problem with this car....I love it!! Today my CEL came on. I had a new battery installed a week ago and the manual mentions something about this. Gas cap is on tight, I took it off and put it back on to check. I was on a 3 hour trip and everything was fine until I hit the freeway and accelerated to 70mph (about 2 minutes after this is when the CEL came on). Any ideas??? I am very mechanically "retarded" and am sooo worried that I will need a new engine!! Thanks!
Re: CEL came on for the first time ever (kaykin75)
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:11 am
by star_deceiver
Could be anything, we need the CEL number to narrow it down!
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:22 am
by northvibe
auto part stores like, napa, autozone, checker will let you use their odb2 scanner to pull the cel if you drive the car there. do that and post the cel code number.
Re: (northvibe)
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:13 am
by kaykin75
Thanks guys.....I will get the number and post it!
Re: (kaykin75)
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:44 am
by keithvibe
worry about a blinking cel... blinking='s very bad.. stop like, ASAP
Re: (keithvibe)
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:15 am
by epcIII
Huh, I never knew that--good to know (hopefully I won't ever see it happen)! Thanks.
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:23 pm
by northvibe
blinking is bad?! when I miss shifted doing a no lift shift it did that hahhah had to restart the car. Ya blinking is usually like a misfire.
Re: (northvibe)
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:41 pm
by keithvibe
Quote, originally posted by northvibe »blinking is bad?! when I miss shifted doing a no lift shift it did that hahhah had to restart the car. Ya blinking is usually like a misfire. didn't you hear about the problem with the plastic linkage in the ss and doing a no lift shift?