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Old Aug 6, 2008 | 04:14 AM
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I have a 98 GS400 and the light came on last week so I reset the ECU and it went off for a few days and came back on. I have access to a scanner and I had planned on checking it this weekend but it went off on its own yesterday. If I scan for codes this weekend, will the trouble code still be there? Are they stored until cleared or do they go away when the light goes out?

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It should still be in there. I have had some issues some times with a lean P0171 error only to find the light go off, but the code still should remain. Pending codes (ones that show up P/D) also should show up, as they are not enough to trigger the light, but still show up with a scanner.
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