SES light on

[crazyboy3012]

Hello Guyz,

I was out on a weekend trip and during my return journey i got the SES light.

2003, infiniti g35 4d sedan. Last service done on Feb 1st 2011...service due May 1st 2011. Has 87 K miles on it.

3 yrs ago i got the SES light on when I was in US...took the car to autozone and got the code...had to change a gas cap. Autozone loaned the OBD2 reader for free.

I am in Canada (Montreal) and not sure if there is anyone equivalent to Autozone that would provide free diagnostic test.

Once again this could be as minor as a replacing the gas cap or something to that extent and I do not want to pay 99$ + tax to the local infiniti dealer.

Any tips or advice is highly appreciated.

Thanks!

[timmy0257]

Hello Guyz,

I was out on a weekend trip and during my return journey i got the SES light.

2003, infiniti g35 4d sedan. Last service done on Feb 1st 2011...service due May 1st 2011. Has 87 K miles on it.

3 yrs ago i got the SES light on when I was in US...took the car to autozone and got the code...had to change a gas cap. Autozone loaned the OBD2 reader for free.

I am in Canada (Montreal) and not sure if there is anyone equivalent to Autozone that would provide free diagnostic test.

Once again this could be as minor as a replacing the gas cap or something to that extent and I do not want to pay 99$ + tax to the local infiniti dealer.

Any tips or advice is highly appreciated.

Thanks!

you have not experienced any symptoms at all?

[crazyboy3012]

no symptoms what so ever...car running smoothly as it always was.

Its almost time for an oil change...can that cause SES light to turn on?

[zozoka1212]

Oil change shouldn't. Most cause is the gascap. I would check it out. Not sure if you can borrow scanner here in Canada. Maybe it is time to buy one.

[crazyboy3012]

Oil change shouldn't. Most cause is the gascap. I would check it out. Not sure if you can borrow scanner here in Canada. Maybe it is time to buy one.

Thx Zozo....i just chked out E-bay and OBD2 scanners are available from 10$ to 100$. Which one do you have? Any particular OBD2 scanner you could recommend for infiniti g35's...not too expensive...50-60$ would work.

thx in advance

[timmy0257]

yeh i would try the gas cap

[crazyboy3012]

yep...did the trick...code was P0456...replaced gas cap and reset the code...no SES light so far...hope it was just the gas cap..BTW, the part on which the gas cap fits in is rusted...donno how and why...can it be replaced? i'll try to post a pic.

Thanks!

[telcoman]

Oil change shouldn't. Most cause is the gascap. I would check it out. Not sure if you can borrow scanner here in Canada. Maybe it is time to buy one.

Thx Zozo....i just chked out E-bay and OBD2 scanners are available from 10$ to 100$. Which one do you have? Any particular OBD2 scanner you could recommend for infiniti g35's...not too expensive...50-60$ would work.

thx in advance

I have this one



Check price on Amazon

Telcoman

[zozoka1212]

Oil change shouldn't. Most cause is the gascap. I would check it out. Not sure if you can borrow scanner here in Canada. Maybe it is time to buy one.

Thx Zozo....i just chked out E-bay and OBD2 scanners are available from 10$ to 100$. Which one do you have? Any particular OBD2 scanner you could recommend for infiniti g35's...not too expensive...50-60$ would work.

thx in advance

I don't have one. Both of my cars under warranty right now. As soon as I get a car with no waranty will buy one for sure. worth to have one. I would just get something cheap. Like Maxiscan MS309.

Check out KIJIJI you probably can pick up one for 60 ish.

zozo

[crazyboy3012]

Thanks Telcoman and Zozo.

[timmy0257]

my warranty is almost up. other than identifying trouble codes, what is the advantage of this device?

[zozoka1212]

Reseting them. You never have to go to Autozone. For us here in Canuckland there is no Autozone. We have to go to the dealer for just to tell us what the code is and reset it. Most dealers would charge you more than some these cost. Also you can connect it to the car while you driving it and check few other things.

[timmy0257]

hmm this is something that i will get soon as my warranty is up. where does it connect?

[zozoka1212]

The port is located on the driver side under the steering wheel area close to the VDC switch. It is on the right to where you pop the hood. You can feel it with your fingers if you check it out. Most cars if not all have it around that area.

[timmy0257]

The port is located on the driver side under the steering wheel area close to the VDC switch. It is on the right to where you pop the hood. You can feel it with your fingers if you check it out. Most cars if not all have it around that area.

ok i have seen it. is this the same port that the Consult III computer hooks to?

[timmy0257]

what about using something like this and use some software on a laptop? anyone have experience with this?

http://www.amazon.com/Actron-CP9142-CP9 ... =8-1-fkmr1

[zozoka1212]

Not sure. Seems like a good idea. Does Iphone or Ipod/ipad have apps to scan cars? Be cool if you can do that and just pick up a cable and a software.

[zozoka1212]

http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/dashcomm ... 93183?mt=8


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7V-mOTeiM8

I have Blacberry but can install it on my wife's or my son's ipod. I am sure she would be happy if I borrow her ipod to scan my car. lol

[timmy0257]

http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/dashcomm ... 93183?mt=8


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7V-mOTeiM8

I have Blacberry but can install it on my wife's or my son's ipod. I am sure she would be happy if I borrow her ipod to scan my car. lol

now this is really cool. i have a netbook and though it would be awesome to have it hooked up while driving to get diagnostics, but doing it with the ipod touch would be great too. i dont see anything on here about a cable to connect. it would obviously have to hook into the ipod's propriotary (sp?) plug.

and speaking of Apple (I Tunes) i tried updating and it has royally fouled my computer up. im stuck between versions. cant uninstall, repair or install new version. ugh