well i was driving home today. i had been driving for about 2 hours and the service engine soon light came on. i am about to put 10k miles on my car so is that why it might have come on for some service thing or is there no 10k mile service check up and maintnance. Thanks

 

yeah thats a good thought but i checked and it was tight but i took it off and tightened up againd and checked the light and it is still coming on. So im guessing there is no 10k mile maintnance thing? Thanks

 

hmm ok thanks for your help ill check that. if thats not it i guess ill have no other choice then to take it to the local nissan dealership which i dont really want to do because they never seem to know what they are doing and im sure they will charge me a ton to fix it because the car is not stock or under warrinty anymore. haha i hope your idea works.

 

did you hit the rev-limiter a few times?

 

Also, make sure your MAF is clean....I had some K&N filter oil on my LS1 MAF and it threw a code, until I cleaned it and reset the ECU

 

no i was driving really easy doubt i even went above 3.5k rpms

 

ok ill check that out thanks

 

a few times before?

Some times if you peg the rev limiter, a week later you get a SES light for a misfire code...

 

Auto Zone will scan the code for free while you wait. Quicker than a dealer appointment.

 

+1

Then come back and tell us what the code is and we can help you from there. The light can come on for many reasons, instead of all the "it might be this..." scan it, tell us the code, and we can help more. Saves the dealer trip and possibly some cash.

 

If by chance it was your gas cap , the light won't go out immediately , you'll have to drive it for awhile before the light will go out .

FrankieZZ

 

i have the rev limiter a time or two is that what is from? Also thanks for the reccomendation i think i will take it to Auto Zone tomorrow and ill let you know what they say.

 

i have the same problem with my turbonetics kit. It comes on and sometime turns of. I only have about 600 miles on the car since FI.

 

Damn, not in CA anymore. They told me that they can "rent" me the equipment to do it but they won't even touch my car.

 

yeah i changed my intake into a nismo intake and my check engine light came on too..but like 2months later turned off. most likely my MAF sensor bcuz i touched it.

 

Is it a free rental like their other tools? If so, I'd still do that before going to the dealer. The scan tool they use should give a description of the code, and clear it if you want. YMMV in other areas of the country.

 

Hmm...not sure. I was pretty pissed that they wouldn't just pull a stupid code so I left without further conversation. I don't mind taking it to the dealer (since it was under warranty at the time) but I just wanted to find out if it was safe for me to be driving it until I could get there.

Oh well.

 

Unless you have other lights on like temperature or oil pressure, it should be safe to drive with the check engine light on until you can get it checked. If there is a problem, you might notice some drivability problems, but the redundancy built into modern computers will keep things running in a failure mode that is designed to prevent damage to the engine.

It would be nice if you could pull the code without a reader like you can with some Ford and Chrysler cars. I have two Fords, and you can view codes by holding the trip meter reset button while you turn on the ignition. The codes are displayed in the cluster by cycling the trip reset button. The Chryslers I've had blink the check engine light in a sequence that allows you to determine the code. This is initiated by cycling the ignition key three times quickly. I haven't seen this kind of thing on the imports for some reason.