So yesterday I took out my gauge cluster to redo my LED swap. I had driven the car to the store before doing the LED swap, and no CEL was on during the drive to the store or on the way home. I did the swap (i did not disconnect the battery when removing the cluster) and after the swap, i replaced the cluster, and the LEDS worked fine, so i put everything back together.

Today I start up the car to go out, and the CEL stayed on. Anyone know if doing a LED swap might somehow cause a CEL?

Or does anyone know a place where they can get the code checked for cheap or free?

 

autozone its free.

 

i thought i read somewhere autozone couldn't do that anymore. dunno. you can always try.

and no.. a swap won't cause a CEL... though driving the car without the cluster plugged in may possibly do so.

 

autozone will check the code, but they wont delete it.

 

driving around without the cluster plugged in will trip the CEL for a while. Itll go off in about 50 miles or so. If it doesnt go off after that, than its not the cluster thats tripping the CEL.

 

ahh i see thanks thats just the answer i was looking for. i did drive without the cluster for like 2 miles, and if what you guys said is true then i think thats the problem.

thanks guys!

i did go to autozone before to see if i could get a code checked, and they did say they stopped doing it...at least they stopped here in CA, dunno about other states