Is the only way to see these codes to have a mechanic hook it up to a
computer? This was offered to me recently when I had the car in, but I was
told that would cost around $150, and that was only to find out what was
causing the problem (supposedly) not any work to fix whatever the problem
turned out to be. I don't have a problem spending the money, but I'm
worried I'll hear something like we still don't know what is causing it, or
they will try something (for some additional fee) that doesn't turn out to
be helpful and then I've spent money for nothing.

In response to the first reply -- I don't fill gas with the engine running,
or top off...also there's a label on my gas cap that says make sure to
tighten past three clicks, which I always do...but maybe something about the
cap itself doesn't allow it to seal properly??? I don't know...

Thanks for the help.
"John Horner" <jthorner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Nat24Fan wrote:
>> My 2003 CR-V (54,000 miles) has had the Check Engine Light come on
>> sporadically over the last 4-5 months. It's come on four different
>> times. Each time it has come on, it has stayed on for about 3 or 4 trips,
>> and by about the fifth time I turn on the car after I first saw the light
>> go on, it's off. The first time this happened was in May, and it was a
>> long time before it happened again, but it's now happened two times this
>> month. Any idea why this would be happening. Nothing seems to be wrong
>> with the car at all -- in fact it was just in for routine maintainence.
>>
>> Thanks for any info.
>>
>>
>>
>
> You have to read out the error code to make any progress. There are far
> too many ways for the check engine light to come on for you to get
> anywhere without knowing the code.
>
> John
>