Captiva engine management light,

Mike · Feb 12, 2011

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I bought this car some 9
months ago with 10 month warranty left on it, after the first week the above
light came on. I took it back to the Chevy
garage and it has been in 15 times now and the light is still on. The garage has changed everything that it
could be with the error code, the car is now out of warranty and Chevy now says
I have to pay to have this ongoing problem resolved. Has anybody else had issues like this? I also have a noise coming from the front
wheel and they can not repair this either, this one started 6 months ago and is ongoing
with no sign of them being able to get it done.
I do not have any faith in my Chevy garage at all. My local garage said it is play in the anti roll bar, I told the Chevy garage this and they said it is not the anti roll bar it is something else, but they still have not fixed it and also I now have to pay.

Big Al · Feb 12, 2011

When I first got my ltx had a similar problem with the light repeatedly coming on. They kept replacing the offending sensors shown in the fault codes but the light still kept coming on. In the end they replaced a section of wiring harness, since then its been fine, It ended up being bad connections giving false fault alarms !!! Have a word with Chevrolet customer services, its not your fault you have to pay now because a dealer was incompetent to find which is an obviously repeatingproblem, and see if you can find another dealer to look at it.

Mike · Feb 12, 2011

Thank very much I will get on to it next week

Big Al · Feb 12, 2011

How my problem was resolved was dialogue between the dealer and Chevrolet technical, and it was Chevrolet that suggested swapping the wiring harness. I believe there had been some issue with the wiring on other cars, anyway I hope you get a happy cost freeresolution also get onto Chevrolet regarding the wheel noise if it was logged as a fault and not resolved before the warranty ran out I believe they are still obliged to sort it.

borat2001 · Dec 9, 2014

Hi Mike and Al, I have also the same problem with my engine management light coming on, been in three times, 2nd time they replaced throttle sensor, 3rd time couldn't find fault, light is still on. I am taking it to my local dealer in the morning (Wed 10th Dec 2015) for them to have yet another look!

When my light comes on a get a big loss in power, and it goes in 'SAFE MODE' all very well and good to protect the engine, but no good if you have nearly 2 tonnes of caravan on the back!

Big Al can I ask where you had your wiring harness changed? I will mention it to my garage tomorrow, sounds like a solution.

CHEERS DAVE

borat2001 · Dec 9, 2014

Any feedback would be most helpful

Chevvychase · Dec 9, 2014

Big Al said:
When I first got my ltx had a similar problem with the light repeatedly coming on. They kept replacing the offending sensors shown in the fault codes but the light still kept coming on.

Thats the difference between a mechanic and a technician, the latter just does a diagnostic, reads codes and changes parts

A mechanic looks, listens and draws on many years of experience to fault find

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