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Old 09-26-2005, 10:00 AM
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Default What does a flashing check gauges light indicate?

Not my car, and it's not the SES light. It's the red check gauges light, any ideas? Car runs rough too.
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could be low fuel, low oil pressure, low batt voltage. Mine always comes on when ive got less than 3 gallons of fuel left.
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full tank-o-gas
oil is good
voltage is normal
Old 09-26-2005, 10:07 AM
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Oddly enough, make sure the gas cap is fully tightened... Check the owners manual too, I believe it lists a couple reasons why the "Check guages" light would flash, instead of staying on constant...
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Flashing SES light normally means lots of missfires. Is the car running rough?
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not the SES light, the gauges light.
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Originally Posted by spy2520
not the SES light, the gauges light.
D'oh, should've read the first post a little better.
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my car did this and my coolant temp gauge would peg out for a second followed by a slight hickup in acceleration(hesitation).

i chased the problem down to faulty knock sensors.



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