service engine soon light - gas cap?

[phobic]

so I bought a user 2011 on Saturday and yesterday my SES light popped on and the screen said "Tighten Gas Cap" or something along those lines.

I stopped and got gas, put the cap on properly and 24 hours later it's still on.

how long does it take for this thing to go off or do I have to bring it to the dealer and have them clear it?

thanks in advance.

[Stohlen]

Multiple Key Cycles. Go start the car/turn it off 4 or 5 times and it will disappear. Also a quick stop at autozone or alike would clear the code with their code readers.

[phobic]

I think Ive done about 4 or 5 key cycles already... I'll go give that a shot now.

if worse comes to worse I'll do it at autozone too. Didn't even think of that!

[phobic]

just tried the key cycles, turb the car on and off 5 times. light still on.

looks like Im stopping by autozone tonight.

[JimD]

The same code would be thrown if there was an actual leak in the gas return piping or if the vacumn pump stopped working.

Jim

[Dackelone]

I had that problem once. It took a days driving of about 300 kms before it turned off.

[phobic]

yeah, I wanna get it reset then if it comes back on again I'll bring it in to get checked out.