When the light first came on (way back when) it was after a quick road trip with 5+ hours of driving on each of 2 weekend days – a lot of stress for any vehicle. So I didn’t get too worried and – lo and behold – it went off again within a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n
It came on again after a different road trip and this time I had it checked out, since we were so near the drive back to Seattle. "New spark plug wires" was the necessary fix, and the light went dark once again.<\/p>\n
That brings us to Vantage, WA (nearly home) when the light comes on again. "It just does that on long trips – it’ll turn back off after we’re home for a little bit." And after a couple of weeks, off it went once again.<\/p>\n
In the past week it has lit up and turned off at least 3 different times. I try to tell my truck that it has to decide – if something is wrong, then come on and stay on, or maybe don’t start or run weird or something… give me a clue. But if all is well then no lighting up – or else it will be known as the truck who cried "Check Engine!"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When the light first came on (way back when) it was after a quick road trip with 5+ hours of driving on each of 2 weekend days – a lot of stress for any vehicle. So I didn’t get too … Continue reading