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So anyway, a few days ago I was driving my girlfriend's car and the 'check engine' light came on. Given it's been a bit unreliable at times, I stopped off at Canadian Tire and picked up a code reader to find out what the computer was complaining about; plugged it into the socket by the brake pedal, and out came a 440 error code.
Looking that up on the web, I discovered that a 440 code in a GM vehicle means about 80% of the time that that petrol cap is loose. And lo, it was so; the guy who filled the car with petrol at the weekend can't have put it on right. So a quick tighten of the petrol cap and a reset of the error codes in the computer and the light went away and hasn't come back.
Just thought I'd mention that as taking the car to the garage and paying $100 for them to tighten the petrol cap and turn off the light would have been a bit embarrassing and maybe knowing this will save someone else a few bucks :). I guess this is another example of GM's great vehicle design in North America... |
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