Engine Dashboard Light

by **RiVaL960** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 12:19 am

my yellow engine dashboard light turned on, on my way to work... is this a serous problem should i have it checked out? what do you guys think it could be?

by **crazycar** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 12:37 am

it could be a lot of things but who knows ask around maybe other people would know

by **MGLax13** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 12:52 am

it can be many many things. No sense in asking around b\c you gotta read the code and find out what it is. Take it to Toyota and they'll read the code, or get a hold of a code reader but you're better off taking it to a mechanic to get it checked out

by **Mole** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 1:07 am

seems like you do not know much about cars. can you better describe which light came on?

i suggest you take your car into a toyota service, since you don't know.

how many miles do you have? have you serviced routinely?

by **PureNocence** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 10:01 pm

I got $20 that says it's an 02 sensor!!! :wink:

by **Grazi07** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 8:27 am

If this guy doesn't know what a check engine light is, I got $20 on the gas cap not being screwed in correctly.... :roll:

by **boneezy** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 1:43 am

im in for the o2 sensor..LOL

but yeah, take it to your nearest $tealer, or autozone, or pep boys and they can run a diagnostic for you..

Website · by **DavPak** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 4:42 pm

Grazi07 wrote:If this guy doesn't know what a check engine light is, I got $20 on the gas cap not being screwed in correctly....

i've got $20 there too!

by **Missay** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 9:52 pm

you guys are mean

If it's the check engine light, I'd make an appt to take it to the dealer.

If it's the check engine light and it starts to blink or the car starts to drive "funky"...I'd get it towed to the dlr.

by **kronos98** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 10:46 am

I've got the same problem. I talked to the dealer a month ago and they told me that it was probably a gas cap problem. Mine was fishy, because the cap was missing the pressure seal in the middle when I got the car used last year. I went to Autozone and got an aftermarket one for like $4.

The problem persisted, and today I went to the dealer for an oil change. They wanted $45 to check the code at first, but I talked the manager into just checking it for free

.

First thing: he freaked about the aftermarket gas cap. Said it wouldn't work...dunno why. Told me to return it and made me buy a TOYOTA one for $17. To my uneducated eye, it looks the exact same :evil:

. Just a lot more expensive.

Anyways, he checked the code...sure 'nuf it's an O2 sensor code. But he reset the light and told me to come back later if there was a problem. The light didn't come on until I hit 70 MPH on the highway.

I hope to God it's not an O2 sensor. I don't have money

Car seems to be running fine...but I know if the sensor is dead, I'd better fix it soon. I just don't have $500 to dish out.

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