Some months ago the "Check Gas Cap" message showed up. I bought a new cap, but it never went away after driving about 750 miles. By that time, the computer should have recognized the correction and the light should have gone out *unless* either (a) the computer was faulty or (b) the new gas cap hadn't corrected the problem. I had a mechanic reset the computer (message disappeared.) I then drove the car about 250 miles, and the message did not return. Assuming everything was fine, I then went in for my annual emissions inspection and was informed that the computer " was not ready!" Since the computer was not in a "ready" state after 250 miles, I assumed there might be a computer problem. The station guy was unclear as to whether he had ever seen it take this long for the computer to return to a "ready" state, but I am suspicious, particularly since the computer had apparently not seemed to recognize the correction in the past. Can someone give me an idea of what may be going on here? I generally don't drive this car that much, but if you think this will eventually correct, I will have to drive it some more. In the meantime I have 60 days to get this all resolved as my car was rejected. Your advice please. Thanks in advnace for helping me. Frank P.S. Could this have happened because the car was not sufficiently warmed up when the test was done?
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16 years ago