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Is it necessary to reset a check engine light after a suspected problem is
remedied (will the light reset itself)? How is the check engine reset? |
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"jcooney" > wrote in
lkaboutautos.com: > Is it necessary to reset a check engine light after a suspected > problem is remedied (will the light reset itself)? How is the check > engine reset? > Depends on the year. Pre-'96 it is reset by puling a certain fuse. '96 and up it is reset using an OBD-II scan tool. What car have you got? Year? Model? Engine? -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
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This is a 98 Accord with a 4 cyl. engine.
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On 12/25/06 7:42 AM, in article , "Tegger" > wrote: > "jcooney" > wrote in > lkaboutautos.com: > >> Is it necessary to reset a check engine light after a suspected >> problem is remedied (will the light reset itself)? How is the check >> engine reset? >> > > > Depends on the year. Pre-'96 it is reset by puling a certain fuse. '96 and > up it is reset using an OBD-II scan tool. > > What car have you got? Year? Model? Engine? Up through at least model year 2000, it can be reset by pulling the fuse. Look for a 7.5 amp fuse marked backup or backup radio and pull it for > 10 seconds. The light will eventually go off by itself if the problem is fixed, but it has to go through a number of drive sequences without encountering the problem before it decides everything is good again - possibly several weeks of driving. |
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E Meyer > wrote in
: > > > > On 12/25/06 7:42 AM, in article , > "Tegger" > wrote: > >> "jcooney" > wrote in >> lkaboutautos.com: >> >>> Is it necessary to reset a check engine light after a suspected >>> problem is remedied (will the light reset itself)? How is the check >>> engine reset? >>> >> >> >> Depends on the year. Pre-'96 it is reset by puling a certain fuse. >> '96 and up it is reset using an OBD-II scan tool. >> >> What car have you got? Year? Model? Engine? > > Up through at least model year 2000, it can be reset by pulling the > fuse. Look for a 7.5 amp fuse marked backup or backup radio and pull > it for > 10 seconds. That's true. And in some markets the fuse is Backup/Hazard. But I discourage fuse-pulling because it erases the evidence without recording it. The old MIL-flash code is only a rough approximation of the actual error. It has neither the precision nor definition of the OBD-II readout. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
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On 12/26/06 4:53 PM, in article , "Tegger" > wrote: > E Meyer > wrote in > : > >> >> >> >> On 12/25/06 7:42 AM, in article , >> "Tegger" > wrote: >> >>> "jcooney" > wrote in >>> lkaboutautos.com: >>> >>>> Is it necessary to reset a check engine light after a suspected >>>> problem is remedied (will the light reset itself)? How is the check >>>> engine reset? >>>> >>> >>> >>> Depends on the year. Pre-'96 it is reset by puling a certain fuse. >>> '96 and up it is reset using an OBD-II scan tool. >>> >>> What car have you got? Year? Model? Engine? >> >> Up through at least model year 2000, it can be reset by pulling the >> fuse. Look for a 7.5 amp fuse marked backup or backup radio and pull >> it for > 10 seconds. > > > > > That's true. And in some markets the fuse is Backup/Hazard. > > But I discourage fuse-pulling because it erases the evidence without > recording it. The old MIL-flash code is only a rough approximation of the > actual error. It has neither the precision nor definition of the OBD-II > readout. > > True, there are additional codes to be gotten with the scanner, but diagnostic procedures once you have the code are pretty much the same. At the worst, you sometimes have to check a couple additional things if you go by the blinking light. Though there are more codes, the codes themselves are still not the be-all & end-all of diagnosis. You still have to actually find the problem either way & you still need the FSM and sometimes an actual mechanic with specialized tools to do it. It's becoming moot (MIL light decoding) with the Honda's of the past 6 or 7 years, because the pins you have to short to get them out are pretty well buried in the scanner interface anyway. Nissan seems to be doing more to keep the blinkin' light technique alive. It seems pretty clear Honda has moved on. |
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