Comments on: My Check Engine Light Came On http://commonmom.com/daily-life/my-check-engine-light-came-on/ Uncommon Sense Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:58:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Common Mom » Blog Archive » Infinite Wisdom http://commonmom.com/daily-life/my-check-engine-light-came-on/#comment-819 Common Mom » Blog Archive » Infinite Wisdom Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:03:57 +0000 http://commonmom.com/daily-life/my-check-engine-light-came-on/#comment-819 [...] sensor? Yup, a speed sensor. And did you know that if this sensor were to say, stop working, your Jeep would also stop working? You see, this little sensor is what tells the Jeep when to shift. Without it, the Jeep has [...] [...] sensor? Yup, a speed sensor. And did you know that if this sensor were to say, stop working, your Jeep would also stop working? You see, this little sensor is what tells the Jeep when to shift. Without it, the Jeep has [...]

]]> By: andrea http://commonmom.com/daily-life/my-check-engine-light-came-on/#comment-754 andrea Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:28:03 +0000 http://commonmom.com/daily-life/my-check-engine-light-came-on/#comment-754 WOW!! It sounds like you held it together a lot better than I would've...especially cracking that "need a ride?" joke with QT after the rear-ending episode!! p.s. I f-i-n-a-l-l-y added you to my blog roll!! I kept forgetting to add you, which in turn made me forget to check your blog!! Thanks for faithfully returning to mine though, even though I wasn't repaying your visits. But I'm here NOW!! WOW!! It sounds like you held it together a lot better than I would’ve…especially cracking that “need a ride?” joke with QT after the rear-ending episode!!

p.s. I f-i-n-a-l-l-y added you to my blog roll!! I kept forgetting to add you, which in turn made me forget to check your blog!! Thanks for faithfully returning to mine though, even though I wasn’t repaying your visits. But I’m here NOW!!

]]> By: Pam http://commonmom.com/daily-life/my-check-engine-light-came-on/#comment-753 Pam Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:28:42 +0000 http://commonmom.com/daily-life/my-check-engine-light-came-on/#comment-753 Oh my! What a day! I am so sorry you had to deal with all this. I really think that you need to call off tomorrow and just stay in bed to recover from today. Really--I can't even process it and I didn't even live through it! I'm tired and ready to call in bed for you! Here is hoping tomorrow is better and the jeep isn't totally expensixe to fix! Oh my! What a day! I am so sorry you had to deal with all this. I really think that you need to call off tomorrow and just stay in bed to recover from today. Really–I can’t even process it and I didn’t even live through it! I’m tired and ready to call in bed for you!

Here is hoping tomorrow is better and the jeep isn’t totally expensixe to fix!

]]> By: Amy W http://commonmom.com/daily-life/my-check-engine-light-came-on/#comment-752 Amy W Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:11:34 +0000 http://commonmom.com/daily-life/my-check-engine-light-came-on/#comment-752 I hate car issues!! I hate car issues!!

]]> By: Mom http://commonmom.com/daily-life/my-check-engine-light-came-on/#comment-751 Mom Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:46:46 +0000 http://commonmom.com/daily-life/my-check-engine-light-came-on/#comment-751 That totally sound like something that would happen to me except that my husband of course is home. However, while he can build most anything, he has no mechanical aptitude. So, anytime I call him to say that something is broken down his response is always the same..."it's shot, go buy a new one". And, at that point, I call a repairman and have it fixed. As a matter of fact, I have a repairman coming tomorrow to look at my dishwasher which I have hated since we built the new house and also to look at the ice maker in the frig which seems to have developed a mind of its own. I put in all Whirlpool appliances when we built the house (had an appliance budget I needed to stick to) but if I had it to do over again every appliance would be a Kitchenaid! Jodie...do they know what is wrong with the Jeep yet and how serious it is? Love you... That totally sound like something that would happen to me except that my husband of course is home. However, while he can build most anything, he has no mechanical aptitude. So, anytime I call him to say that something is broken down his response is always the same…”it’s shot, go buy a new one”. And, at that point, I call a repairman and have it fixed. As a matter of fact, I have a repairman coming tomorrow to look at my dishwasher which I have hated since we built the new house and also to look at the ice maker in the frig which seems to have developed a mind of its own. I put in all Whirlpool appliances when we built the house (had an appliance budget I needed to stick to) but if I had it to do over again every appliance would be a Kitchenaid!

Jodie…do they know what is wrong with the Jeep yet and how serious it is?

Love you…

]]> By: Deb http://commonmom.com/daily-life/my-check-engine-light-came-on/#comment-750 Deb Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:07:33 +0000 http://commonmom.com/daily-life/my-check-engine-light-came-on/#comment-750 After this little incident I will always stop immediately when the check engine light goes on. My friends Janet, Yvonne and I were headed over the mountain pass for a girls weekend at Lynda's cabin. We were meeting Donna at her parents house. Well, we get to the pass and the Check Engine light comes on. We stop - nothing seems to be wrong. We had about 30 minutes before we got to Donna's parents so we decide we need to keep going because - really, there's nothing around us for 30 miles except a non-operation ski resort. So we putter (literally) on for about 10 more miles and the car decides to stop - on a curve with no shoulder and no way for cars to see you when they come from either direction. So we get out - Donna of course is not answering her cell phone. Finally this nice couple stops by and asks if we need help. It's decided that I will go with this couple and get to Donna so she can help. Well, I end up with a couple who had driven two hours to see the Michael Moore movie (and the names escapes me) about the Bush administration. Now, I have no problem with that but to drive two hours just to see a movie! In the meantime, Yvonne gets a hold of AAA and they are sending a tow truck - remember - 30 minutes from anything. The very nice people get me safely to Donna's parents and Yvonne calls to say they have hopped on the tow truck and are riding in with the car. So, all is well. We meet them at the tow truck place and head on our way to the cabin to drink - ALOT! During the weekend we find out Yvonne's car needs huge money to be fixed so she ends up having to pay to have it towed back home (2+ hours) just so she can get a few dollars for it and get a new car. We laugh about it now but I can guarantee I will always stop when that light goes on. And from now on, Yvonne is exempt from having to drive. She's endured enough! After this little incident I will always stop immediately when the check engine light goes on. My friends Janet, Yvonne and I were headed over the mountain pass for a girls weekend at Lynda’s cabin. We were meeting Donna at her parents house. Well, we get to the pass and the Check Engine light comes on. We stop - nothing seems to be wrong. We had about 30 minutes before we got to Donna’s parents so we decide we need to keep going because - really, there’s nothing around us for 30 miles except a non-operation ski resort. So we putter (literally) on for about 10 more miles and the car decides to stop - on a curve with no shoulder and no way for cars to see you when they come from either direction. So we get out - Donna of course is not answering her cell phone. Finally this nice couple stops by and asks if we need help. It’s decided that I will go with this couple and get to Donna so she can help. Well, I end up with a couple who had driven two hours to see the Michael Moore movie (and the names escapes me) about the Bush administration. Now, I have no problem with that but to drive two hours just to see a movie! In the meantime, Yvonne gets a hold of AAA and they are sending a tow truck - remember - 30 minutes from anything. The very nice people get me safely to Donna’s parents and Yvonne calls to say they have hopped on the tow truck and are riding in with the car. So, all is well. We meet them at the tow truck place and head on our way to the cabin to drink - ALOT! During the weekend we find out Yvonne’s car needs huge money to be fixed so she ends up having to pay to have it towed back home (2+ hours) just so she can get a few dollars for it and get a new car. We laugh about it now but I can guarantee I will always stop when that light goes on. And from now on, Yvonne is exempt from having to drive. She’s endured enough!

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