Okay my name is Chelsey Goshorn im 19 years old and i have had my honda accord for 2 years now. I'd guess the engine light has been on for around 6 months now and im wondering if anyone has any problems with their 1997's car as well. mine has 200300 miles on it and could it be my o2 sensers possible?

 

Look in the DIY section for how to pull the ECU codes. The light means that there's a code stored. The code will lead you in the direction of what's wrong.

 

Okay where is that located at and can a auto store do this for me?

 

There should be a blue connector under the glove box, well 2 to be exact, you want the one with 2 wires going to it not 3. Take a paper clip, or piece of wire, or any metal object really and put one end in each pin so that it completes the circuit.

Then watch the check engine light, it will flash a code in a series of long and short flashes. A long flash stands for ten and a short flash stands for one. count the code and then come back here with it and we will be able to tell you why the light is on.

Or you can just take it to autozone or advanced auto or a store like this and they can read it for free. But I personally prefer the do it yourself approach.

 

okay when i do this if i think it is my something to do with my cylinders but im unsure still but if its that senser or a o2 senser how much would it cost to get that fixed roughly

 

a o2 sensor is like $80 + maybe $50 to have it installed, so about $130.

 

Live2rice has got the correct answer for you..But you posted in the wrong forum for an answer...

 

I moved you over here to a better forum to discuss this subject...

WheelBrokerAng

 

The source of the check engine light can be caused by a lot of different things. The 97 has two ways to get the codes.

1. Follow the instructions on this site as live2rice said. http://www.dhost.info/accordinfo/howto/cel.html This way does not take too long and will give you the fault code.

2. Your car has an OBDII connector behind the ashtray (just pull out the ashtray). Stop by an autozone and have them read the codes with their reader. The codes are P####.

Post the codes on here (using either method) and we can give you a much more details on what is wrong.