VW Golf GTI 1.8i - Engine warning light been on since i got it in 02 - hammylou

Hi the engine warning light has been on , onthis car since new......warranties and services both with dealers and other garages have failed to find the cause of this......after the first couple of years i gave up trying to get them to turn it off......some tried and it would be off for the first 5 mins of me driving and then come on again. Ive had to tell garages not to investigate and my local one know not to spend the xtra money getting an electronics survey done as that has cost me money in the past with no successs.......any ideas as would love to sell it in the near future........

VW Golf GTI 1.8i - Engine warning light been on since i got it in 02 - skidpan

So you have been happy driving a car for 12 years with dash light on but now want to sort it. Why bother, it will probably cost more to sort than the car is worth.

VW Golf GTI 1.8i - Engine warning light been on since i got it in 02 - gordonbennet

Some cars are like this, we've just sold out Outlander with its EML on, its been on (except for a few days when i turned the blighter off) for nearly every MOT, reading the Mitsi forum it appears to be the norm for all dealer supplied LPG converted Outlanders, turn it off its back on soon the LPG fires up.

I wouldn't worry about it, just state the truth on the advert or to a potential buyer, they will see from its MOT history that its been on for every MOT, the few people who will worry about it won't be serious buyers anyway, so it might actually save you having to deal with umpteen thousand muppets, you'll have the pleasure of warding off umpteen million scammers anyway.-.;)