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Old May 12, 2012 | 10:39 AM
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check VSC message on the cluster display. Took to the dealer and waiting on them fix whatever is wrong. After reading the user manual, it looks like the engine control unit has a fault. NE1 knows what the problem might be?
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Make sure you gas cap is on tight or it might be bad.

Just a basic thought...
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check VSC message on the cluster display. Took to the dealer and waiting on them fix whatever is wrong. After reading the user manual, it looks like the engine control unit has a fault. NE1 knows what the problem might be?
That can be literally anything. Without reading the code(s) that caused the lights to come on you don't know if you need to tighten the gas cap or replace the entire powertrain or anything in between.
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You guys are so right, dealer just called me and said everything is OK, they are guessing the gas cap was lose.
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That happened to me before and they ended up saying that it was my intake. I thought it was BS!
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