somebody HELP ME!!!
somebody HELP ME!!! i have bad news...today when i was pulling into work, the "service engine soon" light came on..at 1st it was flashing then it just stayed on...and the car seemed like it was about to die..and there was shaking and it seemed like i twas coming from underneath the car....also while i drove it home, the shift *** seemed like it wanted to "pop out" of gear...the car is very sluggish..can anyone help me as to what this might be? id really apreciate it..some one at work told me that it might be the mass air sensor....but i dont. know thanks guys
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From: Jacksonville, FL
If you don't know anyone with a scanner to read the code(s), baby it down to the closest Auto Zone (if you're obdii) or somewhere else that can read it. The code will tell you what's going on.
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Your car can misfire and the light will come on steady, but if it's flashing that means your catalytic converters are in danger of being damaged. It could be that the misfire count is high enough to were to much raw fuel is being dumped into the catalytic converters. Excessive amounts of raw fuel going into to the converters well melt the catalyst inside. This will block thee exhaust flow which will hurt your engines performance.
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Joined: Dec 2001
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From: Jacksonville, FL
They usually just read them for you if you go to Auto Zone....just write down any codes and post'em up. Don't know what they use, if they let you borrow one look on the menu for DTC codes or something similar after plugging it into the port under the dash, probably have to turn the key to RUN without starting the car also.
If you are in Jax I can read them for you. 
its pretty self explanitory once you cut it on. plug it in, turn it on, its probably gonna ask you some question about the car. once you do that, it'll come up with some options. look for a "trouble codes" or "list DTCs" or something to that effect. write them all down and then post them on here.
The Autozones-Advances around here read them for you. they can even look them up in thier book to what them mean. I am not saying that the guy/gal helping will know exactly what it is. They can give you a description of what it is. It will take about 5 minutes in the parking lot to read the codes.
