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Why do people hate on the check engine light in dashboards? It saved me $600 in Tucson
Every design forum I read says a check engine light is lazy design because it gives you zero info, just a vague glowing symbol. But last month my 2013 Civic lit up on I-10 outside Tucson and that dumb little orange engine saved me. I grabbed my $25 code reader from the glove box, got a P0420, and a shop down the road fixed a bad O2 sensor for $180 instead of the $800 cat replacement another place quoted me. Sometimes a simple warning beats a screen full of jargon. Has anyone else actually had one of these "bad" designs bail them out?
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anna_henderson7610d ago
Honestly, that little light is doing exactly what it's supposed to do, it gets you to check things before they get worse. A vague warning still beats no warning at all, and like you said, a cheap reader turns that vague light into a real answer. Turning your nose up at it feels like hating a smoke alarm for not telling you which room is on fire.
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