Earlyapex

Love the car but I got a check engine light today. Picked it up last Thursday and have put 170 miles on the car. Did not think I would be back to the dealer in less than a week! The car runs fine so I hope it is a minor issue.

UGOTMOPPED

Welcome to the club my friend.

gravedgr

Indeed - mine was in service at 85 miles, and 22 hours old. If you get a "purge valve" error code, there are a number of threads here about it.

Stangar

Disconnect the Negative (-) terminal on the battery for 15 minutes, re-connect it and drive it for awhile at 55 mph or so. That should clear the CEL. Many of these problems are due to the cars sitting for a long time without a proper battery charge.

Earlyapex

Thanks for the suggestions. I will try the battery disconect before I bring it in.

Hans Delbruck

I wouldn't try to clear any codes until the dealer reads them.

I had a CE light at 60 miles. Car drove fine. Was a cam position sensor. 3700 miles now, no further problems. Good luck!

paulGT3

I have a code reader for my own comfort about these things
$100 at autozone. Then you can know before the dealer tries to lay some crap on you.

Where do you live? You could borrow mine

Earlyapex

Paul,

Thanks for the offer on the code reader but I am in the Washington DC area so it might be a little out of your way to drop of the reader!

paulGT3

No *****!!!
only 3000 miles!!!
I tried

let us know what happens.

radrads203

most likely is the cam position sensor problem.. shouldn;t be a big problem

Earlyapex

Picking up the car today. The check engine light was for a diverter valve which must be ordered from germany (part of the emissions system). The error codes were 0814 and 0810. The dealership performed an acutuator test which also indicated a leaking hose at the air pump which needed to be reclamped. Car is good to drive while waiting on the diverter valve. I think these cars are getting a little too complex!

JM

wow only 170 miles in a week ?

i have almost 3000km in under 2 weeks... =(

but i have to check engine oil... its been dinging mee for a week now i gotta take it in today