Engine check light Engine check light...what does it mean?

Ok, here is the way to find out why your engine check light is on without spendi ng money at the garage. It is relevent to the older style diagnostics sockets wh ich have 12 pins and not to the standard 16 pin OBD11 sockets which I think are fitted to later models (but may be wrong). So, first thing is to check the socket. It is located in the passenger footwell so move the seat back as far as possible, open the door, and lie on your back wi th your head in the footwell with a torch....its not very comfortable. Count the pin locations on the connector under the glove box. If it has 12 then carry on. You will see with the torch that most locations in the connector do not actually have a pin in them. Only about 6 are used. In one corner, you will see 3 adjace nt pins. Call them A,B,C. You need to get a piece of wire, and jam it into the s ocket to short pin A to C. It is worth having a spare 10amp blade fuse just in case of problems. If you sho rt A to B by mistake, then turn on the ignition, you will pop fuse 15 in the fus e box under the bonnet. Ok, after making this link, turn on the ignition. Your engine check light will t hen start flashing at you. You need to count the flashes. 10 flashes means zero. Have a pen and paper handy and write them down as you count them. The codes are 4 digits. After each code there is a longer pause. The sequence wi ll be repeated 3 times. You can turn the ignition off and on again to repeat the operation if you missed a code. Once you have written down the codes, you need to look them up in this chart to see what they mean (thanks to Bluecup for this info):0105 0110 0115 0120 0130 0201 0202 0203 0320 0325 0340 0350 0400 0440 0500 0505 0560 0601 1100 1110 1500 1510 1600 1601 1602 1610 1620 Manifold air pressure sensor (MAP) Manifold air temperature sensor (MAT) Engine coolant temperature sensor (CTS) Throttle position sensor (TPS) Oxygen sensor circuit (EOC) Injector cylinder #1 malfunction Injector cylinder #2 malfunction Injector cylinder #3 malfunction Engine speed circuit malfunction Knock sensor circuit malfunction Camshaft position sensor malfunction Ignition coil circuit malfunction Exhaust gas recirculation flow (EGR) Evaporative emission control system (EVAP) vehicle speed sensor (VSS) Idle air control system (IAC) Battery voltage malfunction ECM malfunction A/F correction malfunction Adaptive A/F correction malfunction A/C evaporator thermistor malfunction Main relay output malfunction Immobilizer error (no answer) Immobilizer error (incorrect answer) Immobilizer error (ECM locked) Main relay solenoid malfunction A/C compressor relay malfunction

1630 Low speed cooling fan relay malfunction (LS/FAN) 1631 High speed cooling fan relay malfunction (HS/FAN) Malfunction type: 1 Short to battery / Short to ground / No singal 2 Signal too high / Short to battery 3 Signal too low / Short to ground 4 No signal 5 Signal incorrect Note that sometimes you get "phantom" codes. For instance, my daughters Matiz ga ve an evaporator fault when it does not have air con! You can always try pulling fuse 15 for a couple of minutes then going for a drive before checking codes ag ain (DON'T just disconnect the battery as you will then get an air-bag light whi ch will need the garage to reset!). Don't forget to remove the link from the dia gnostics socket! Good luck! Let us know your experiences!