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Car Forum / Nissan / Nissan Cars / April 2007

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Timmy Jones - 03 Apr 2007 00:24 GMT
After I filled up the car for the first time the service engine soon light
came on.(as is, where is kind of sale)
Car is working normally with no loss of power.

Is there a way to read the code or codes without a proper reader? Key, foot
thingy!

I have found plenty of website with the meaning of the codes, but not how to
retrieve them so far!

Thank you
Tim
al - 03 Apr 2007 01:20 GMT
> After I filled up the car for the first time the service engine soon light
> came on.(as is, where is kind of sale)
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> Thank you
> Tim

If there is an Autozone parts store around, they will read the code
for free.  Maybe some other parts places in your area will read them
for free too.  Ask around.  The code won't necessarily tell you what's
wrong.  It will tell you what parameter being monitored has gone out
of specification.  You need to understand what the parameter is and
what the monitoring logic is to determine what might be wrong.
Sometimes that's very straightforward.  Sometimes it's not.  Good
luck.  Al
hr(bob) hofmann@att.net - 03 Apr 2007 01:38 GMT
> > After I filled up the car for the first time the service engine soon light
> > came on.(as is, where is kind of sale)
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> Sometimes that's very straightforward.  Sometimes it's not.  Good
> luck.  Al

It may be you didn't put the cas cover back on tight enough, a similar
thing happened to me, and I didn't figure it out until I put gas in
the next time and realized the cap was ever so slightly not jammed
tightly on.

H, R. Hofmann
JimV - 03 Apr 2007 02:46 GMT
>>> After I filled up the car for the first time the service engine soon light
>>> came on.(as is, where is kind of sale)
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>
> H, R. Hofmann

Or you left it running while filling up.
 
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