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oh one ls1 SS
10-28-2006, 04:15 PM
i drove threw a HHUUGGEEEE puddle lastnight on Rt. 18 (i really need to stop driving on that road) and a few seconds after my SES light came on..WTF could i of done?? what could cause this? any help would be great. i would scan it but i dont have one of those things..so ill have to wait till monday to go to my mechanic to find out what it is deffinately...ughh

GP99GT
10-28-2006, 04:30 PM
coulda gotten something wet, caused a misfire or something, throwing the code...did it flash when it came on or did it just come on?

oh one ls1 SS
10-28-2006, 04:33 PM
just came on

foff667
10-28-2006, 04:40 PM
could be anything...autozone FTW

oh one ls1 SS
10-28-2006, 05:27 PM
do they charge to read codes?

foff667
10-28-2006, 05:33 PM
-no

oh one ls1 SS
10-28-2006, 05:35 PM
in that case... autozone FTW

Knipps
10-28-2006, 05:36 PM
really? sweet deal... have to remember that

Tsar
10-28-2006, 05:47 PM
really? sweet deal... have to remember that
its alwyas been like that bud.

Knipps
10-28-2006, 05:49 PM
its alwyas been like that bud.

too bad there's none by me so i wouldn't really know that?

Tsar
10-28-2006, 05:53 PM
no autozones or advance auto parts by you? where do you live? north dakota? :rofl:

Knipps
10-28-2006, 05:54 PM
at least that i've seen, live in mahwah
only one i know of would be in hackensack

GP99GT
10-28-2006, 05:58 PM
no autozones or advance auto parts by you? where do you live? north dakota? :rofl:

none near me either, closest is in like paterson..and F that

Tsar
10-28-2006, 06:00 PM
at least that i've seen, live in mahwah
only one i know of would be in hackensack
Advance Auto Parts (http://advanceauto.know-where.com/advance-auto-parts/cgi/selection?mapid=US&lang=en&design=default&addr=&city=Mahwah&region=NJ%2CUS&zip=07430&phone=)

Autozone (http://autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker)

i counted 10 advance auto part stores and 15 autozones within <30 miles of you. :shrug:

Knipps
10-28-2006, 06:06 PM
closest autozone, 6 miles
closest advance, 21 miles

why go that far when there's a parts shop down the street?

qwikz28
10-28-2006, 06:06 PM
at least that i've seen, live in mahwah
only one i know of would be in hackensack

closest one to us is in spring valley. and even thats a journey.

Knipps
10-28-2006, 06:08 PM
thank you
there's wilson's and ramapo auto parts right in town

Tsar
10-28-2006, 06:08 PM
closest autozone, 6 miles
closest advance, 21 miles

why go that far when there's a parts shop down the street?
1. thats not far.
2. you said there were none by you, that is not true.
3. anymore questions?

Knipps
10-28-2006, 06:10 PM
closest one to us is in spring valley. and even thats a journey.

I'd probably go to the one in Nanuet first, take 287 and hop off on 14 plops you right by white castle on 59

oh one ls1 SS
11-01-2006, 04:36 AM
my light went off today but i think the bulb burned out haha.. does anyone know if the light comes on when you turn the key to the on position without starting it?

Ian
11-01-2006, 06:06 AM
my light went off today but i think the bulb burned out haha.. does anyone know if the light comes on when you turn the key to the on position without starting it?

the light should come on when you turn the key to the on position.

oh one ls1 SS
11-01-2006, 06:08 AM
looks like the bulb blew then haha... ggrreeaaatttttttttttttttt

qwikz28
11-01-2006, 09:02 AM
looks like the bulb blew then haha... ggrreeaaatttttttttttttttt

if the code only throws once, then it will eventually erase itself. if it comes on when the key is in the on position, then its functioning normally. go have it checked out for codes.

Savage_Messiah
11-01-2006, 10:37 AM
really? sweet deal... have to remember that

this whole hijack was irrelevant since you have a 95 and they can't scan your codes anyway (you have OBDI, they scan OBDII)

WildBillyT
11-01-2006, 11:54 AM
looks like the bulb blew then haha... ggrreeaaatttttttttttttttt

Whoa, hold on. Before you start pulling the dash out to change a bulb-

Chances are it was a misfire code that cleared itself out. Your PCM will do that after a number of starts or an amount of runtime, I forget which.

A code will still show up in the PCM's history.

Savage_Messiah
11-01-2006, 12:00 PM
right but if the light doesnt come on when you turn the key before you start it then the bulb blew out

Ian
11-01-2006, 12:18 PM
Whoa, hold on. Before you start pulling the dash out to change a bulb-

Chances are it was a misfire code that cleared itself out. Your PCM will do that after a number of starts or an amount of runtime, I forget which.

A code will still show up in the PCM's history.

true, but if he simply turns the key on without starting the car, the check engine light should be illuminated.

ar0ck
11-01-2006, 12:23 PM
My car will occasionaly throw an ABS INOP /TCS light when im driving through heavy rain. I think it has to do with water getting on the actual sensor.

And Vitals, there really aren't many Autozones locally to us that are easy to get to, They are kinda out of the way most of the time.

WildBillyT
11-01-2006, 01:41 PM
true, but if he simply turns the key on without starting the car, the check engine light should be illuminated.

Maybe I am wrong, I dunno. My bro he had a misfire in his '99 T/A which cleared itself and the light went out entirely. Wouldn't turn on at key-on, but stored it in the code history. I get the same behavior in my GTP.

baddest434
11-01-2006, 02:25 PM
whats an ses light :rofl:

Ian
11-01-2006, 06:01 PM
Maybe I am wrong, I dunno. My bro he had a misfire in his '99 T/A which cleared itself and the light went out entirely. Wouldn't turn on at key-on, but stored it in the code history. I get the same behavior in my GTP.

maybe late fourth gens are different? :shrug:

every OBDII car I've ever dealt with would keep the ses light on with the key on engine off.

qwikz28
11-01-2006, 06:03 PM
maybe late fourth gens are different? :shrug:

every OBDII car I've ever dealt with would keep the ses light on with the key on engine off.

yeah mine does that as well. with the key on with the engine not running, the ses light should be on. thats a way of telling you the system is functioning

WildBillyT
11-01-2006, 07:20 PM
I'll go pull a plug wire and find out LOL.

Seriously, next time I throw one I'll be sure to pay better attention.

oh one ls1 SS
11-01-2006, 07:45 PM
ok.. i just tryed again and when i turn the key the light comes on now (i swear it didnt when i posted it up the other day) i didnt start the car yet to see if the light stays on but i will when im leaving late

enRo
11-08-2006, 02:37 PM
Did you find out whats wrong here? It happened to me today. I was on my way to the doc's and hit a huge puddle in the middle of my lane at 35mph (the kind that makes a loud noise and brings your car to an almost complete stop) ... as soon as that happened, my car BOGGED right down and the SES light began to flash. So I pulled over to the side of the road, turned the car off for 2 minutes... I start it up and it seemed fine... then immediately when I started going up a hill, the light started flashing again and bogged right down... I eventually had to manually put the car in 1st gear to get it up the hill. I let the car sit for about 15 minutes running and sitting before I went on my way... the light hasnt flashed for about 30 minutes, but I still feel a little loss of power. :shrug:

Ian
11-08-2006, 06:07 PM
if the ses light flashes, that means its something serious that can possibly damage your engine. it was probably a misfire.

enRo
11-08-2006, 10:35 PM
if the ses light flashes, that means its something serious that can possibly damage your engine. it was probably a misfire.

I know that.... im just gonna wait it out til tomorrow and see if it went away... it was gone for the last half hour that i drove it, but still felt as tho there was a little loss of power.

V
11-09-2006, 02:57 AM
if the ses light flashes, that means its something serious that can possibly damage your engine. it was probably a misfire.

QFT!!!!!!! the ses light in my SS was flashing like crazy last august... then... boom, lol