I bought it couple of months ago. It did not come with owners manual. Just ordered one.
A yellow engine light on the information panel stays on all the time. I noticed it after 50 k miles. A friend of mine said that it is probably the warning to get 50 K inspction done, and that I have to reset the computer?
Can any body tell me how to reset the computer?
I don't believe that the key on/off sequence will give you error codes on the 2002 Caravan.
This vehicle uses the OBDII system. It was only the earlier OBDI system that allowed for the key switching to access error codes. The error codes can only be accessed by using a reader device connected to the access port.
By holding down the trip odometer reset with key off, you can get error codes but only for the instrument cluster.
Doug
Go to Autozone. They will reset it for you for free.
They will also read the code and tell you exactly why the light came on, rather than guessing why.
What you say is true if there is a hard failure.
If the failure was an intermittent, then you definitely want to reset it; especially if you will be driving the car for a while before making repairs.
hard failures cause the check engine light to come on and stay on. Was this your intent? In my experience with my Caravan, when an intermittent failure occurs, the failure code is latched by the computer, and the check engine light stays on until you retrieve the code and reset it.
No one disgrees with this.
Of course. Clearing the code without reading it first would be foolish. As I said in my previous post: "They will also read the code and tell you exactly why the light came on, rather than guessing why."
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