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Performing preventive maintenance on your vehicle can help to
prevent this. However, many things can cause this light to
illuminate. To find out why the light is on, there needs to be a
diagnostic of your vehicle's computer system. There are several
type of tools that can be used to do this with the least costly
being a code scanner tool. A scanner will read out a code stored in the
vehicle's computer. This will identify the circuit or circuits
that are not performing correctly.
More expensive tools must be
used to properly diagnose the failed circuits. These
tools can read each vehicle sensor that are used as input signals to the
vehicle's computer. The tools can also be used to control the output
circuits of this
computer. Once repaired, the tools can be used to verified the proper
control of the engine's computer controlled
components.
A proper engine diagnose and engine
repair will change your vehicle back to that happy feeling again. |
