Check Engine Light comes on and after a while or day goes off.

Asked by Kota10680 May 07, 2021 at 12:33 PM about the 2011 Chevrolet Traverse 1LT AWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My check engine light comes on steady. Went to have code read and it
comes up as P008, however the light was on for a day and a half. I stopped
at the post office right after having the code read and when I started the car
up there was no more check engine light.
Super confused on this one. Could this just be a faulty sensor? I have a
129,000 on my traverse.

2 Answers

41,490

Definelty a sensor detecting an issue. P008 is not a valid code. OBDii codes are 4 digits, so as an example P0300. Scan for the codes again.

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Even though the check engine light went off the trouble code is still in the computer (PCM) for 60 ignition cycles. If the PCM doesn't see the fault for 3 consecutive ignition cycles the light will go off but the code is still in there. Hope that helps! Jim

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