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Ahhhhh,Check Engine light on :o

gembrand
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16 Feb 2015 23:55 #138165 by gembrand

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Hi,
Had this Jimny for a day and the Check Engine light has came on,when you step outside the car there's a burning smell,not happy

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Bought it from a dealer in Newark on Sunday,think he's sold me a dud !

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17 Feb 2015 00:12 - 17 Feb 2015 00:13 #138166 by jim

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Have you checked the oil and coolant levels?

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17 Feb 2015 00:22 #138167 by jim

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The burning smell might be from what you described in your last post sounding like a binding brake caliper.
I hope you get it all sorted and have a more positive start to your new jim ownership.

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17 Feb 2015 08:20 #138170 by Paul_sterling

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take the car straight back. a genuine dealer is obliged to offer a warrantee on vehicle sales, the minimum as I recall is 3 months.

you can manually test the C.E.L. but I don't know where the plug is on a Jimny.

on the Vits, you could insert a wire across two points of the plug, and the C.E.L would flash a code to you, which could be cross referenced with the Haynes manual/and or other suitable manual to identify what the fault was.

Paul.

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17 Feb 2015 08:35 #138172 by gembrand

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Thanks for the info,not a good start is it,at least l found the bonnet release,lol,so you think l should ring the dealer,okay
All the levels appear to be okay,it runs fine so can't be too bad,fingers crossed

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17 Feb 2015 08:45 #138174 by Russ-41

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If one of your calipers is binding to the extent that you can smell it, one of your wheels will be hotter than the rest after a reasonably lengthy drive (20mins+?). Check carefully from the outside near the tyre inward, it could be hot enough to burn you at the centre where it connects to the brake disk so go easy.

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