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Manual Reset of Check Engine Light (CEL) ???

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Old 01-29-2011, 02:35 PM
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Manual Reset of Check Engine Light (CEL) ???

I was stopped at an intersection a while back and accelerated too hard. The Check Engine Light immediately came on, which I assume to be from some raw fuel coming out the exhaust (or something like that).

I did the same thing on a Ford once and the CEL eventually went off. I'm not sure this light is going to reset itself.

The engine runs fine, but the CEL is staying on. Is there a manual way to reset the CEL, or do I gotta get one of those code thingys?

The archives did not seem to have anything specific on a reset of the CEL.

TIA for your insights.
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Hard acceleration will not trigger a CEL. Go to Autozone and get it read, post up the code here for further help.
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Did the CEL blink? If so that happens from a misfire. You have to reset the CEL with a reader.

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