my check engine light come on today in my 2004 jetta gl. I was going to drive it to my parents place tomorrow which is about 3 hours drive i just want to make sure if it is very serious or if i could drive it.
this could be your service indicator. look at how many miles you have on the odometer and see if it should be a regular scheduled maintenance time. if that doesn't ring any bells hit up autozone to have the computer scanned for faults. My jetta had the CEL on for about 8 months until recently i had a part completely crap out on me and needed to be replaced. EDIT* the reason the light went out is because the person who read the code for you cleared it from the computer's memory. If there is a problem the light will come back on. Being that it involves the ignition system i would have it looked at by a trustworthy mechanic. if unrepaired it can cause starting problems which could lead to killing your spark plugs, distributor, wires, etc.
you should be able to drive it unless the check engine light starts flashing then you have to stop immeadiately before serious damage is done and get it checked out
sorry i'm a jetta proprietor as properly.it is the possibility we take as quickly as we purchase foreign places vehiclesthe artwork to be finished on them is outrageous.I scratched the backside of my motor vehicle on a low driveway and that i asked them to paint it and that they reported it would fee me seven-hundred.00 I reported WHAT?! that's a pair of scratches no longer a dent! They reported properly it is our estimate.why because of the fact the paint has VW on it?! to assert the least I had it finished for 250.00 someplace else.that's as much as you the place to take it, yet you will desire to make constructive it does get fastened till now greater issues take place and the fee is even worse! And with VW'S their expenditures bounce everywhere obtainable. i became on the keep and a woman had an identical undertaking her gas cap became broken and the seal became lacking and that they'd no longer replace the cap till it must be orderedyet they reported that became the reason her mild saved drawing close on the grounds that's leaking fumes.to assert the least she became irate and asked for a clean one from yet another motor vehicle and that they reported sorry can no longer do this.boy you should be sure smoke coming from her.
