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Default Vibe engine light - 04-14-2007 , 07:42 AM






2003 Vibe, 90k miles.
Engine light came on last summer, I replaced the forward O2 sensor. Light
went out for a while, now it's on again. I'm thinking the rear O2 sensor.
Anybody have ideas? Car runs great otherwise.



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Default Re: Vibe engine light - 04-14-2007 , 10:17 AM







"Eric" <esmith007REMOVE (AT) rochester (DOT) rr.com> wrote

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2003 Vibe, 90k miles.
Engine light came on last summer, I replaced the forward O2 sensor. Light
went out for a while, now it's on again. I'm thinking the rear O2 sensor.
Anybody have ideas? Car runs great otherwise.


Could be the gas cap if you're not "clicking" it enough times when you put
it back on after getting gas. If that is what it is, it will clear itself
after about 30 starts. The folks at Auto Zone can hook the car up to a
sensor and tell you what is causing the code.

Melissa




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Default Re: Vibe engine light - 04-14-2007 , 10:44 AM



In article <4620cc3e$0$27048$4c368faf (AT) roadrunner (DOT) com>,
esmith007REMOVE (AT) rochester (DOT) rr.com says...
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2003 Vibe, 90k miles.
Engine light came on last summer, I replaced the forward O2 sensor. Light
went out for a while, now it's on again. I'm thinking the rear O2 sensor.
Anybody have ideas? Car runs great otherwise.
Lets throw a new engine and transmission in there while we're at it.
That'll fix it. Or we could try going to a local autoparts place like
Autozone/AdvanceAutoParts that will "read" your codes at no charge.


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Default Re: Vibe engine light - 04-14-2007 , 12:56 PM



"Eric" <esmith007REMOVE (AT) rochester (DOT) rr.com> wrote

Quote:
2003 Vibe, 90k miles.
Engine light came on last summer, I replaced the forward O2 sensor. Light
went out for a while, now it's on again. I'm thinking the rear O2 sensor.
Anybody have ideas? Car runs great otherwise.
When your Engine light comes on, the car's computer stores a code which
tells you what is wrong. Simply throwing parts at the car isn't going to do
a thing, unless you happen to 'guess' the correct part. Some parts stores
will scan the computer codes for you for free. 100's of things could have
caused that light to come on.




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