My sister has a 2001 GV1600 with 46k on the clock. The 'Emission Control' light has come on permanantly - what is the significance of it and what causes it to come on normally?
The car drives no different to normal and the owners manual just says take it to dealer.
Can it be left?
(don't worry, I'll put the year / engine details in the subject title. After all said and done you've only been a member here since Nov 06 and probably haven't spotted the 3 SEPARATE requests asking you to do this! - webmaster)
{a further edit taken place to the subject line. Hopefully now all parties are happy? - DD}
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 23/03/2008 at 17:32
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GV1600 is the shortened designation for Grand Vitara 1600 which is already in the subject title meeting the request to list the model in drop down menus, so it has just been repeated, hence I didnt think the title needed the model duplicated, made little sense since the rules are to clarify rather than duplicate information? Or maybe they are? Adding GV1600 to the title serves no useful purpose aside from repetition.
Im assuming common sense is leaving this place too now sadly - quite likely I would have been told off for repeating the model too had I done that.
Apologies about missing the year out however.
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Deletion is easier than editing. Next time I will consider doing that instead. It's becoming a tedious and time consuming chore for myself and the moderators to have to keep editing people's questions just because they don't bother reading the 2 sticky posts at the top of the page, and the further prompt under the subject header when composing their post.
Webmaster.
ps, any further discussion on this and I WILL delete this thread. Back to the question being asked please.
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Right, back to the question in hand then.
The 'Emission Control' light has come on permanantly Can it be left?
The light is on for a reason. ie, a fault with the emmisions has been detected by the ECU. Whether or not it still drives normally is neither here nor there. Say for instance the fuel/air mixture has increased for some reason, unburnt fuel could enter the exhaust system and cause eventual failure to the cat convertor. As per the owners manual you need to take it to the dealer for investigation. Doesn't have to be a main dealer. Anyone with a fault code reader (of the correct type) will do.
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Many thanks, will tell my sis. Im going to the main dealer on Tuesday so im going to take her along and hopefully arrange for them to read the fault code as you suggested, then get it fixed at my local chap who charges half the hourly rate.
I wasnt sure what sort of emissions changes the car measures and how?
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