PLEASE HELP!! Check Engine Light.
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PLEASE HELP!! Check Engine Light.
This past weekend after leaving a hot dog stand. I reversed and threw it in drive a little early without completly stopping. And gave me a big jerk. After about 200ft of driving I seen on the main screen ABS, ESP, then the check engine light came on. I took it to auto zone and got the obdII scanner and it read this code P0600. Can somebody please help me out and tell me the problem and how much it may cost to fix. Im really stressed!
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P0600 = Serial Communication Link Malfunction
This usually means that the car went into limp mode. The car tries to protect itself when you do silly things.
Just restart & drive the car a number of times. This will reboot all the processors in the ECU, TCU, ESP etc. The problem should go away if you have not broken something in the tranny. If not you are going to have to get it onto a STAR DAS at the dealer for possible tranny readaption.
I think it should go away after a number of reboots. This is not that uncommon. Depends how brutal you were.
This usually means that the car went into limp mode. The car tries to protect itself when you do silly things.
Just restart & drive the car a number of times. This will reboot all the processors in the ECU, TCU, ESP etc. The problem should go away if you have not broken something in the tranny. If not you are going to have to get it onto a STAR DAS at the dealer for possible tranny readaption.
I think it should go away after a number of reboots. This is not that uncommon. Depends how brutal you were.
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you seem to behaving a hard time with your w203. need brakes and trans problem hopefully you can get your car fixed and start enjoying it again. btw it is good to put what you have in your profile so that people can help you with your specific year and model.
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P0600 = Serial Communication Link Malfunction
This usually means that the car went into limp mode. The car tries to protect itself when you do silly things.
Just restart & drive the car a number of times. This will reboot all the processors in the ECU, TCU, ESP etc. The problem should go away if you have not broken something in the tranny. If not you are going to have to get it onto a STAR DAS at the dealer for possible tranny readaption.
I think it should go away after a number of reboots. This is not that uncommon. Depends how brutal you were.
This usually means that the car went into limp mode. The car tries to protect itself when you do silly things.
Just restart & drive the car a number of times. This will reboot all the processors in the ECU, TCU, ESP etc. The problem should go away if you have not broken something in the tranny. If not you are going to have to get it onto a STAR DAS at the dealer for possible tranny readaption.
I think it should go away after a number of reboots. This is not that uncommon. Depends how brutal you were.
Today I started the car and the check engine light went away as you said!!! Thanks Im glad nothing was broken and Glyn M Ruck thanks for your info.
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BAD NEWS!!! MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON TODAY!!! first it read on main screen. ABS, then ESP? My car stilll runs and shifts fine...Can someone help!! im starting to stress again..
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its weird I started me car to go pick up food at cheese cake factory and there was no check engine light. car has been funny. i guess well see what happens again tomorrow.
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From my experience, if a CEL comes on, then clears itself, then comes back on, you got something wrong.
I had my CEL constantly reappear and disappear a number of times, and in every one of the times, i had something wrong with my car.
[dont worry though, if it still drives normal then you wont have to worry too much about driving it a few more days, just make sure you get it checked out]
I had my CEL constantly reappear and disappear a number of times, and in every one of the times, i had something wrong with my car.
[dont worry though, if it still drives normal then you wont have to worry too much about driving it a few more days, just make sure you get it checked out]
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a loose connector on the TCU will cause the same code and throw the car into limp mode.
ABS/ESP error shouldn't trigger CEL if it's a issue with recalibrating steering angle.
ABS/ESP error shouldn't trigger CEL if it's a issue with recalibrating steering angle.
