I have a 2002 Altima SE V6 automatic. The Service Engine Soon light will not light up. The car has around 182,000 miles. I have known about this issue for over a year but didn't do anything about it. Now I have to get the car smogged and if that light will not come on it will be an automatic failure. This is not a bulb it is a LED. I have removed the cluster and installed a new LED, no go. I bought a part numbers matching used cluster and installed that, still no go. So I don't know where to go from here. The dealer quoted me over 400 dollars for a new cluster but I don't believe it to be a cluster issue. Could it be the ECM? Any ideas? The car runs fine otherwise. Just so I am clear, the service engine soon light is suppose to illuminate for a couple of seconds when starting the engine and then go off. This will not work.

sheltn4 wrote:I have a 2002 Altima SE V6 automatic. The Service Engine Soon light will not light up. The car has around 182,000 miles. I have known about this issue for over a year but didn't do anything about it. Now I have to get the car smogged and if that light will not come on it will be an automatic failure. This is not a bulb it is a LED. I have removed the cluster and installed a new LED, no go. I bought a part numbers matching used cluster and installed that, still no go. So I don't know where to go from here. The dealer quoted me over 400 dollars for a new cluster but I don't believe it to be a cluster issue. Could it be the ECM? Any ideas? The car runs fine otherwise. Just so I am clear, the service engine soon light is suppose to illuminate for a couple of seconds when starting the engine and then go off. This will not work.

i manage a junk yard - i could get you a cluster if you want. doubt it will be expensive. and cant they just plug into the OBD to avoid even looking at the cluster?

I already tried a used cluster and still the same results. In my area, part of the smog check is a visual confirmation of the check engine light illuminating. There is no way around it unless you find a technician that will noy confirm it. I might go the referee direction and get a 2 year waiver if I qualify for the waiver. But thanks for the offer.

sheltn4 wrote:I already tried a used cluster and still the same results. In my area, part of the smog check is a visual confirmation of the check engine light illuminating. There is no way around it unless you find a technician that will noy confirm it. I might go the referee direction and get a 2 year waiver if I qualify for the waiver. But thanks for the offer.

where do you live?

Santa Clara county in California

did you ever find out what the problem was with the check engine light