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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 11:24 AM
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I'm working on fixing a CEL at the moment but I was wondering if there was a way to to keep the traction control on while having a check engine light. I also have tried to clear the check engine light I know what code it is. But is there a way to turn off the light.
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turn off the CEL?
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 07:57 PM
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I mean turn off the light to regain traction control
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 08:09 PM
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I'm guessing here but do you have 3 lights up? the other two being VSC related? if so I don't think your traction control is off but you triggered O2 or related code(s) which cause all three lights to go up. If your catalytic converter is bad or running rich/lean or bad O2 sensors can cause this. also if you know the code it might help if you share lol just saying
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You can erase the code with a code reader. Don't know if autozone would erase it for you. I know they'll read it for you. I bought my reader from them for $90 I think, and it can erase codes. How quikly it will pop back up, I don't know.
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Are you saying because you check engine light is on, your traction control automatically turns off? I never heard of that. The two aren't even related.
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