So I ran a ton of errands yesterday. Started off by filling up the gas tank, about 12 gallons of gas, 93 octance, from the station I always go to.
Ran around town for a bit, and eventually noticed the CEL was on. I don't know how long it had been on, but I do know it wasn't on when I left my house (note: no messages on the SID, and the car seemed to be running perfectly normal). Anyways, my first thought was the gas cap issue, but then I remembered my dealership had replaced that in Nov 2008 (note: I never got a CEL for the gas cap before, they just decided to replace it then because the car was in getting new front struts under warranty). I also thought about sparks plugs, but I don't know; they were all changed at 30k miles right before I bought the car in 2006.
The only time I've gotten a CEL in this car was back in June 2008 while driving through a heavy rainstorm from Quantico, VA to D.C. The dealership down there replaced the SAI valve. Problem fixed, no big deal.
The car has about 74k miles on it, and has had regular maintaince performed at every interval. It was last in the shop in in June/July 2009 to have an oil change, and have the brake fluid and coolant flushed. Speaking of oil change, I planned on getting an oil change this week, as I have gone about 7k miles since my last one in Nov 2009. Should I ask the guys at the dealership to pull the code while the car is there? I don't think they will give me hard time, as I give them steady business and they are honest (been dealing with them for 3 years). My only other thought is to take the car to Autozone to pull the code, or just disconnect the battery and see if the CEL comes back.
I'm leaning towards just taking the car in on Thurs for the oil change and letting the Saab techs just pull the code then; don't know if I want someone from Autozone doing that for me. I'm equally as tempted to just disconnect the battery, but part of me thinks that may not be responsible, lol.
Thoughts?
Ran around town for a bit, and eventually noticed the CEL was on. I don't know how long it had been on, but I do know it wasn't on when I left my house (note: no messages on the SID, and the car seemed to be running perfectly normal). Anyways, my first thought was the gas cap issue, but then I remembered my dealership had replaced that in Nov 2008 (note: I never got a CEL for the gas cap before, they just decided to replace it then because the car was in getting new front struts under warranty). I also thought about sparks plugs, but I don't know; they were all changed at 30k miles right before I bought the car in 2006.
The only time I've gotten a CEL in this car was back in June 2008 while driving through a heavy rainstorm from Quantico, VA to D.C. The dealership down there replaced the SAI valve. Problem fixed, no big deal.
The car has about 74k miles on it, and has had regular maintaince performed at every interval. It was last in the shop in in June/July 2009 to have an oil change, and have the brake fluid and coolant flushed. Speaking of oil change, I planned on getting an oil change this week, as I have gone about 7k miles since my last one in Nov 2009. Should I ask the guys at the dealership to pull the code while the car is there? I don't think they will give me hard time, as I give them steady business and they are honest (been dealing with them for 3 years). My only other thought is to take the car to Autozone to pull the code, or just disconnect the battery and see if the CEL comes back.
I'm leaning towards just taking the car in on Thurs for the oil change and letting the Saab techs just pull the code then; don't know if I want someone from Autozone doing that for me. I'm equally as tempted to just disconnect the battery, but part of me thinks that may not be responsible, lol.
Thoughts?
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