my check engine light just came on in my 6th gen manual sedan. what should i do? what could it be. i have a fresh oil change and i used mid-grade gas for the first time and took about a 300 mile drive this weekend... any suggestions?

 

check the engine :slap:



Seriously though have you checked the oil level?

 

Tighten the gas cap, reset the light, see if it comes on again.

 

how to reset the "check engine light" i know how to reset the service engine soon light.

 

pull fuse #13 on the passanger side fuse panel. its a 7.5 amp fuse for the clock. it won't affect your radio so you don't have to worry about using the stock radio code.

 

Or you can go to AutoZone & have them read the error code, before you erase it...

 

or you can use a paper clip and look up the code yourself

 

to reset it the easy way just unhook ur negative battery terminal for like 5 minutes. and then put it back on. after a max of about 30 miles if it doesnt come on, ur cool. how many miles does it have on it. the cel comes on when the car hits a certain amount of miles (i think 60k) so u will take it to the honda place.

 

only problem with that is if you have a stock radio, you'll have to enter in the code after you reconnect the battery. besides, wait 5minutes, or just pull the fuse which takes a couple seconds.

 

the CEL is NOT programmed to come on after a certain amount of miles. It's only purpose is to come on if there is a malfunction in the vehicles emission control system. It's OBDII, not an odometer. Otherwise ALL makes of cars would be doing the same.