BY JOHN MATA JR.
NOTHING CAN RUIN AN ENJOYABLE CRUISE FASTER THAN THE SURPRISE ILLUMINATION OF DASH WARNING LIGHTS. Aside from running low on fuel or air pressure in the tires triggering an alert, there may or may not be much to worry about. Usually, when the check engine light pops up out of nowhere, the natural next symbol that comes to mind is “$”. But before you start sweating and stressing out, just take a deep breath, and remember—these trouble lights are meant to give you the soonest heads up of an issue that could have a simple, inexpensive solution IF addressed in a timely manner and not left to worsen over time. Let that last point sink in, and let’s keep rollin’.