Question

How can I reset the check engine light on a 2001 Ford Taurus?

Answer 1

If your town has an Autozone parts shop you can go in and have them use their OBD 2 reader to reset the check engine light. If the problem wasn't fixed though it will just turn on again later. You can also buy an OBD 2 reader for about 100 dollars.

Answer 2

Take it to Autozone and have them do a diagnostic on the computer. They will tell you what to fix (most of the time) and its free.

Answer 3

You might try disconnecting the battery then reconnecting it.

Answer 4

You can go to any auto zone place and they have a diognostic thing they can hook up to tell you why light is coming on. Alot of times and this may sound dumb but if your gas cap isn't on tight enough it causes check engine light to come on. This happened to me and thats what I did.........

Answer 5

get your car checked out and fix whatever is wrong. duh.

Answer 6

Assuming there is no problem, disconnect the battery. Reconnect it after atleast 3 minutes, so the computer has time to clear out. If the light comes back on, you got a problem. You can bend a paperclip into a 'U' shape, and insert it into the bottom right two holes on the diagnostic hook-up. This will make your check engine light flash. Each series of flash is a part of the code to what is wrong with your vehicle. Then, look up the code in a Chilton's or Hayes Vehicle Book (specific to your vehicle, of course) to reference the problem. This takes time, but costs you absolutely nothing, which is a price I love to pay.

Answer 7

Try disconnecting the POSITIVE battery cable for a few minutes and the check engine light should go off.. If it comes back on take it to a dealer as the scanners that a private mechanic will only tell you what caused the problem and you need to know what set it off and all the mechanic can do is replace parts until they find which one is bad sorta trial and error and educated guesswork while you are paying for stuff that you don't need The most common fault is "heated o2 sensor detected a too lean mixture" the mechanic will probably want to change the Oxygen sensor but which one? Most modern engines have 2 for each exhaust manifold That's 4 O2 sensors on a V-6 or V-8.That can add up pretty fast.. If the light stays off then it was probably a bad tank of fuel so I would recommend that you find another place to get your fuel.

Answer 8

Autozone will do it for free. You can disconnect your battery for at least 30 seconds. This is like rebooting a computer. It actually erases the store trouble codes from memory. If there is an actual trouble, the light will come back on.

Answer 9

one of two things....get it checked, and they will charge $40 just to turn off light or deal with the light.

Answer 10

Get your oil checked and push the reset button.