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2000 S40 - Check Engine Light S40-V40

posted by  someone claiming to be Bill S. on  Sun Apr 4 09:37 CST 2004 [RELATED]

Harold, if you are new to Volvo and have just had your 1st Check engine light, 1. Welcome to the club! 2.No, there is no legal way to shut off! It's the whole EPA thing...! 3. Causes and fixes! Basically, the darn thing is too sensative and any of a dozen+ things can set it off, from dirt in fuel system, to not screwing on you gas cap correctly. You need to have the dealer hoo you car up to the....(Don't know how to spell it/someone will correct me!!!) Vantis???? machine that reads the Chk/engine codes. Mine went off 3-4 times at about the same milage as yours...what the dealer finally did was to do a Check engine (Software update!!!!) Fixed! I have 90k, hasn't been on in about 55k! Just my opinion...but I would get a software upgrade!!!! Hope this helps, Bill






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New 2000 S40 - Check Engine Light [S40-V40]
posted by  someone claiming to be Harold Williams  on Sat Apr 3 15:08 CST 2004 >


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