Car and Driver

Reset a Check Engine Light at Your Own Risk

Neither black tape nor a magic marker is the solution when your car or truck's check-engine light comes on. When the light, which is shaped like the outline of an engine, illuminates, do not panic!
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Reasons your check engine light comes on and how to interpret it

When the check-engine light snaps on, it is not a suggestion, it is your car’s way of saying something in the powertrain or ...
Forbes

Here Are The Most Common ‘Check Engine’ Problems And What They’ll Cost To Fix

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Gorzelany is a veteran automotive journalist. You’ll usually know when it’s time to take your car, truck or sport-utility ...
Cars

What’s Causing Your Check Engine Light to Come On? Here’s 10 Common Culprits

Modern cars are becoming more and more computerized, so much so that in 2010, CarMD.com, a provider of automotive diagnostic data, reported 675 different possible reasons for a check engine light to ...
jdpower

Check Engine Light - What It Means and What to Do About It

When the check engine light comes on in a vehicle, it’s indicating that there is some issue with the car that should be checked out. It could be something minor, such as the gas cap not being screwed ...
MarketWatch

CarMD Finds Nearly Half of Drivers Have a Dashboard Warning Light On, Check Engine-Related Car Repair Costs Up Across the U.S.

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. IRVINE, Calif., April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CarMD.com Corporation, a leading provider of automotive diagnostic data ...
Forbes

Here’s What Common ‘Check Engine’ Problems Will Cost To Fix, Data Shows

Today’s cars and trucks are literally rolling test beds of technology, which has tended to make the days of the so-called shade tree mechanic and eyeball diagnoses of what ails a given model a distant ...
Cars

Is Your Check-Engine Light On? 5 of the Most Common Causes

April is Car Care Awareness Month — and also National Canine Fitness Month, International Guitar Month and National Soft Pretzel Month, among many others — and the folks at CarMD are back with their ...
Budget and the Bees

Mechanics Hate This: 10 Simple Checks to Avoid Massive Repair Bills

Mechanics hate when you know these secrets. Discover 10 simple checks to avoid massive repair bills and keep your car running ...
The Drive

How To Reset Your Check Engine Light

Fact: Check engine lights lead to gray hairs and sleepless nights. Just kidding, they’re important warning signs that help you maintain your ride’s health and well-being. But what happens when that ...
The Victoria Advocate

CarMD Finds Nearly Half of Drivers Have a Dashboard Warning Light On, Check Engine-Related Car Repair Costs Up Across the U.S.

IRVINE, Calif., April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CarMD.com Corporation, a leading provider of automotive diagnostic data to educate and empower drivers, today released its 2024 CarMD® Vehicle Health ...