CEL comes on 9 days after warranty expires

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Originally Posted by RougeTrooper

Ard, I guess your comment is based on the fact a high battery drain cannot throw a CEL or do you have any ideas on what may be throwing a CEL on a very cold day? Hard to call I know without a code, took it to the dealer the next day and they found nothing stored. Only other thing is Sylvan is also in cold Canada

Not too bothered yet as it happens about 2 times a year and gone by the next restart.

I quoted what Sylvan said, and I am saying it isnt 'normal'. If it is 'normal', I'd ask the dealer for the SIB telling them this is normal


On your issue, if you throw a CEL and the dealer says 'there is no code' I'd ask them to document the fact that the car is illuminating the CEL and not trapping a code- as required by OBD regulations! That alone is a warrantable claim under the federal warranty.

the dealer likely cleared the codes, then found nothing currently present- but they 'lost' the original code.