On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:04:09 -0400, wrote:

>On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:10:02 -0500, "George Ewart"
> wrote:
>
>>WARNING: DO NOT TAKE IT TO A DODGE DEALER IN QUINCY IL.
>>
>>Mine came on three years ago and after several thousand dollars, the light
>>is off and my vehicle still will not run right. But, the dealer said sorry.
>>Good-bye.
>>
>>
>>"Pegasus" > wrote in message
>>news:S7zWl.30889$PH1.20999@edtnps82...
>>> On a 96 Dodge minivan, the "service engine" light occasionaly "pops on",
>>> each time it's a "false alarm" and it's reset. Mostly, it goes out on its
>>> own.
>>> Anyone else have a similar problem and if so, do you know causes it?
>>> Any repair solution?
>>> Thanks
>>
>Well, without knowing the code we don't have anything to go on - and
>no way to know if it is really a "false alarm" or an intermittent
>problem. Therefore there is no way to intelligently figure out either
>a cause or cure. As for the malfunctioning vehicle in Quincy it
>sounds like someone is a slow learner.

As in my case when I had the check engine light looked at by a dealer
mechanic, it turned out that some of the emission lines were bad, dry
rot and the like and once replaced everything is fine now.