Engine Light On

BubNYY02 · Feb 6th, 2005, 04:40 PM

My 'Service Engine Soon' light is on and I did the whole gas peddle thing and came up with a code of 71.
Now that says its a random misfire but I have no idea what that could mean. Could anyone tell me what I need to replace or what I need to do to get rid of the Engine light being on because it stares me in the face when i'm driving and it drives me CRAZY!!

-Thanks

**chimmike** · Feb 6th, 2005, 04:53 PM

if it says misfire, take the car to the dealer asap.

droppinbottom · Feb 6th, 2005, 06:52 PM

you can also clear the code but i would have to agree with mike this time and say take it to the dealer

Zac · Feb 6th, 2005, 10:48 PM

Out of curousity, are you running an AFC or better yet the QR Pro?

Ruben · Feb 6th, 2005, 11:01 PM

That code can come from the crank sensor, as well as a blown CAT.

BubNYY02 · Feb 7th, 2005, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by NickZac

Out of curousity, are you running an AFC or better yet the QR Pro?

My car is completely stock. I don't know what you mean by AFC or QR Pro. Sorry i'm a newbie!

BlackoutSpecV · Feb 7th, 2005, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by BubNYY02

My car is completely stock.

Dealership, NOW.

Zac · Feb 7th, 2005, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackoutSpecV

Dealership, NOW.

If you dont have any mods and are throwing misfire codes, then you definately should hit up the dealer and I am sure they will help you out.

BubNYY02 · Feb 7th, 2005, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by NickZac

If you dont have any mods and are throwing misfire codes, then you definately should hit up the dealer and I am sure they will help you out.

Alright, I'll try to get there asap. I hope its not expensive!

acriml01 · Feb 7th, 2005, 05:25 PM

Since you don't have mods, anything that's wrong has to be covered under warranty (assuming it hasn't expired yet).

Zac · Feb 7th, 2005, 05:32 PM

Between his user name that has 02 in it and IIRC the pedal procedure only works on the 02-03, I am guessing his warranty may be expired

Hopefully it isnt. If it is, who knows, maybe the dealer will handle it for cheap or free anyway. Some dealers are much bigger on customer service than others.

All in all, the best of luck that the problem gets fixed!

droppinbottom · Feb 7th, 2005, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by NickZac

Between his user name that has 02 in it and IIRC the pedal procedure only works on the 02-03, I am guessing his warranty may be expired

Hopefully it isnt. If it is, who knows, maybe the dealer will handle it for cheap or free anyway. Some dealers are much bigger on customer service than others.

All in all, the best of luck that the problem gets fixed!

actually the pedal trick works on the 04 models. at least it worked on mine

Zac · Feb 7th, 2005, 11:01 PM

I think somewhere I read the pedal trick works to read the codes but the way to reset the ECU is slightly different. I'm not positive so dont hold me to it.

BubNYY02 · Feb 8th, 2005, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by NickZac

Between his user name that has 02 in it and IIRC the pedal procedure only works on the 02-03, I am guessing his warranty may be expired

Hopefully it isnt. If it is, who knows, maybe the dealer will handle it for cheap or free anyway. Some dealers are much bigger on customer service than others.

All in all, the best of luck that the problem gets fixed!

I do have an '02 with 40000 miles on it. So this will probably break the bank. But thanks for everyone's help.

Marvin · Feb 8th, 2005, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Ruben

That code can come from the crank sensor.

This is becoming more and more of an issue. We had 2 guys within a week in the L31 section have dead cars because of the recall. I'm betting this is what it is.