(Y) Engine Management Light, Common ???

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Tue 21 Aug 2007 22:18
(Y) Engine Management Light, Common ??? - dustman1
I recently bought a vw bora and the engine management light was on. Forecourt owner got the light sorted as agreed before I bought it. Three days later it came on again and forecourt guy said its not covered by warranty. The question im asking is whether the light is a common fault, and can it be sorted easily?
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Tue 21 Aug 2007 22:44
VW Bora (Y) Engine Management Light, Common ??? - Screwloose

The engine management light is merely indicating that there's a fault in the system and it's stored a fault-code. [One or more of many thousand.]

Simply clearing the code was pointless; it just comes back until the underlying fault is dealt with.

Forget warranty; the law says that it's his problem to sort not yours.

Proper car details would help.
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Wed 22 Aug 2007 21:30
VW Bora (Y) Engine Management Light, Common ??? - dustman1
Its a 2.0 SE, just done 50,000 miles. MOT was done two days before I bought it and thought they would sort the problem, not just clear the code. If left could this potentially lead to a serious fault? Any more details needed, just ask.
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Wed 22 Aug 2007 21:40
VW Bora (Y) Engine Management Light, Common ??? - Screwloose

The MOT wasn't relevant to this problem - just a basic safety check, really.

Could this get serious if left - yes.

Take it back; the law now effectively covers faults for six months from the date of sale - warranty terms and conditions are not applicable to the Act. HJ covered this in his latest column.


www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motor...l
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