Good afternoon, Club members. I just found this board, and some of the things I'm reading are scaring me...
I bought my 97 Protege LX (whatever that means) last night--seems to drive like a dream, although it looks like the air conditioning and one power window needs work. This afternoon, the "check engine" light started shining bright, and I seem to see more than a few references to this mysterious illness here in my short time browsing this and other forums...
Honestly, I bought the car in part because it's rated one of the "Most reliable used cars" by Consumer Reports, but I'm seeing a trend in this and other forums of both "check engine" problems, which seem to be related to a computer problem according to some posts, and transmission problems, which scares the crap out of me, since my husband and I just went through a rebuild on our other car (a totally different make and model) for 1k and change. Should I be regretting my purchase so soon?
I bought my 97 Protege LX (whatever that means) last night--seems to drive like a dream, although it looks like the air conditioning and one power window needs work. This afternoon, the "check engine" light started shining bright, and I seem to see more than a few references to this mysterious illness here in my short time browsing this and other forums...
Honestly, I bought the car in part because it's rated one of the "Most reliable used cars" by Consumer Reports, but I'm seeing a trend in this and other forums of both "check engine" problems, which seem to be related to a computer problem according to some posts, and transmission problems, which scares the crap out of me, since my husband and I just went through a rebuild on our other car (a totally different make and model) for 1k and change. Should I be regretting my purchase so soon?
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