Problem Reports

check engine light came on last night...my son - in -law pumped gas last and I always click my gas cap several times because I have had this problem before with another automobile....I am glad I read this article here today. I am praying this is all it is. Due mostly to the fact I just found out I need hearing aides and certainly cannot afford any car repairs at this time. Wish me luck I am trying the cap tonight:)

My 2006 Saturn ION was showing an check engine light and when I took it to a Saturn dealership they were going to charge me $98 to hook it up and tell me what was wrong. Luckily, I had a friend who had the machine to do this and was able to tell me that it was the gas cap. About a week later the light came on again and since I had problems with the dealership and my oil change I had them check on the light for me and they also diagnosed it as the gas cap. This is twice in two weeks that this light has shown up. I hope this is the last time but I guess we'll have to wait and see.

At first I thought maybe someone was siphoning off my gas. Because about weekly, the light would be on, and I would check and the gas cap would be popped off.

Switched to a locking gas cap. Worked OK first few fillups. Once I left it loose and the light came on, it would not reset (several fillups, starts & stops) even after sc=ecuring it. Returned to old cap, light was out before the end of the next trip.