‘Malfunction Indicator Light’

Today I had an interior valet on my ‘new to me’ 2003 Jimny.
Now just by coincidence when I picked it up the ‘Malfunction Indicator Light’ came on & stayed on.

I have looked through the forum & found a couple of threads relating to this here.

www.bigjimny.com/index.php/forum/7-jimny...gine-light-coming-on

www.bigjimny.com/index.php/forum/7-jimny...-management-light-on


I intend to disconnect/re-connect the battery in the morning to clear the fault (I hope)
But I wonder, is it possible a strong ‘cleaner/solvent’ used to remove a bad oil stained carpet could set the fault?

Any ideas or advice welcome, thanks guys ...

no i think its just coincidence just take it to a garage get it diagnosed and be done with it dont faf about doing this and that do it right first time and have it done and dusted

As an update, this morning I disconnected/re-connect the battery which cleared the fault.
I then spent a couple of hours doing a few things to make this one mine.
The motor started without any reoccurrence of the fault light appearing even with multiple starts.

I’ll keep an eye on things as with only 36k on the clock I am hoping it was a one of

If you have the twin cam engine, and intend keeping it, worth spending £20 on an OBD2 diagnostic reader from eBay, pays for itself the first time you use it.

Read any stored codes, and clear them to put the EML out.

(The reader will work in anything newer that you get in the future anyway)

facade wrote: If you have the twin cam engine, and intend keeping it, worth spending £20 on an OBD2 diagnostic reader from eBay, pays for itself the first time you use it.

Read any stored codes, and clear them to put the EML out.

(The reader will work in anything newer that you get in the future anyway)

I do indeed have the twin cam engine.
Thanks for the advice & for that sort of money it sounds a good deal.
I have looked on the dbay however they all list as doing the same thing, some being manufacture linked.
Would it be possible to highlight a couple for consideration & I’ll make the purchase.

Cheers t ….

I took my own advice, and ordered one of the £19.95 ones (+p&p:- b****r!)

I'll let you know if it works and which one when it arrives, hopefully Monday

No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationWell, it arrived, and it reads that I have no stored codes, and that the MIL is off, and all monitored sensors are ok.

It doesn't read any sensor data, so you can't check temperature or monitor the lambda sensors, it just reads the engine codes and resets them.



is the one I bought. It plugged into the Nissan Note as well and pronounced it ok.

It is an AUTEL maxiscan ms309 www.auteltech.com/ms309.htm

I do have the type that plugs into a laptop, but it is a bit of a faff sitting in the car with a laptop on your knees, although the laptop one can do a lot more.

Thanks for the up-date, for the money a handy bit of kit imo.
I have a couple bookmarked on dbay & think I will get one.

I did some running about yesterday without any issues then 'Gunked' the engine wnet for a run no problem.
Went out last evening up the light came again.
I am convinced it's related to strong solvents!

I'm off for a 150 mile round trip tomorrow so let's what happens.

atb t ..

An update on my ‘Fault Code’

I have managed to have a ‘real’ diagnostics check on the Jimny’ as the EML light has come on a couple of times over the last month or two.
Fault found Lambda ‘up-stream’ sensor, now replaced so fingers crossed all should be fine.
I did a little searching on line, re the sensor & was surprised to learn that they should be replaced, (recommended 30/40k) as they deteriorate much like Spark Plugs so reducing their efficiency.

Next job is to have a good look around underneath before the winter sets in any day soon .......

I seem to have a similar issue with mine. Was it the yellow check engine light as below? How much was the new sensor? Thanks

Yes that is the warning light however remember it could be anything.
Read what I tried re disconnecting the battery etc.

My Jimny is 2003, I had no other symptoms, the car ran well. Hth

Mine like I said, was the sensor close to the manifold this on ebay Item # 180927754632

Thanks for the quick and helpful answer. Ill try disconnecting the battery first and failing that a mate at work has a diagnostics machine. Failing that its off to the garage!
Is it a big job actually replacing the sensor?