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Old 12-28-2007, 06:24 PM   #5 (permalink)
jimbu
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Date registered: Dec 2006
Vehicle: S210 E320CDI Brabus D6 Kit
Location: Motherwell, Scotland
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Originally Posted by Kajtek1 View Post
It take serious error to do it immediately, or smaller error lasting long time to trigger CEL on the dashboard. It is quite possible that you have error code stored in the car memory, but if you do several warm starts it might clear itself. Meaning driving to dealer could bring you nothing. US dealers charge arm and leg for few minutes of scanning, so most of members buy their own scanners, that go as low as $39.
This way you can scan the vehicle when the error happens.
Hi,

I had a look around the web and on ebay and see that I can pick up a scanner quite cheaply, as you suggest.

Thanks for your help. I'll buy a scanner and take it from there.

Jim
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