TigerTailgater Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 I am hoping I an get some info about the Check Engine Light on my 1999 RX300. I did a search and was unable to locate the answer to my question. My daughter has this car at college and called me yesterday and said the light was on and sometimes it flashes. I know with my Honda and previous vehicles the Check Engine light on means some sensor is usually malfunctioning. The manual is in the car, so I can not check what it has to say about the flashing. If anyone could educate and advise me I would greatly appreciate it. I would like to be able to have her drive it the 100 miles home so my machanic here could check it out here. Thanks in advance for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgr7 Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 As long as it seems to be running fine she should be able to drive home OK. Have her make sure that the gas cap is on tight as this will throw a CEL, also the vacuum hose behind the air cleaner will throw a CEL if it has come off. Those are the easy ones, you need to have it hooked to a code reader to know for sure. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyShaft Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 If your daughter takes the car by her local Auto Zone, they will read the codes for her and give her a printout of the fault codes and will attempt to reset them. This is something they will do for free and that will at least tell you if it is safe for her to get home. Like Jeff said though, have her check that gas cap. My wife had this happen several times in our RX300...if the cap is loose (make it click 3 times!), the CEL will reset after driving a couple days or after the Auto Zone guys reset it. HTH, ~Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTailgater Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 Thanks to both of you for your excellent suggestions. I will speak to her tonight and pass on the info. I will definitely try to convince her to go by Autozone after checking the gas cap to check the codes and reset. I will post our findings. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunbeam63 Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 the wifes car was doing the same, now having major problems.can you ask her to check the transmission level out of a matter of interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitsunisan Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I just got that the other day, a flashing check engine light. I plan on hitting Autozone myself, but looking around the internet, I'm seeing a flashing check engine light being connected to the engine misfiring. I'll know in a couple of days, I can post what I find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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