CEL not illuminating at startup

[dar01]

Hey guys, quick question.....2000 beetle, 2.0, auto.....went to get echeck today, didn't even notice No CEL at startup. Now I know it worked last year at this time (because of a MAF issue), but I don't drive the car daily, so never really noticed it NOT coming on.

I have searched a few posts, but nobody seems to say what the issue WAS. there are no engine issues (runs fine).

Any ideas.....because it is a LED, I doubt that it has "burned out".....not like the light has been on for 2 years.

If anyone has resolved this issue, any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

- -Dar01

[D2Beetle]

LOL, funny, you must be a comedian.

[Fl_bug]

Originally Posted by dar01

Hey guys, quick question.....2000 beetle, 2.0, auto.....went to get echeck today, didn't even notice No CEL at startup. Now I know it worked last year at this time (because of a MAF issue), but I don't drive the car daily, so never really noticed it NOT coming on.

I have searched a few posts, but nobody seems to say what the issue WAS. there are no engine issues (runs fine).

Any ideas.....because it is a LED, I doubt that it has "burned out".....not like the light has been on for 2 years.

If anyone has resolved this issue, any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

- -Dar01

If you are indeed serious, take the car to be scanned to make sure there are no codes. Otherwise, just relax and enjoy the nothing wrongness

[dar01]

Originally Posted by Fl_bug

If you are indeed serious, take the car to be scanned to make sure there are no codes. Otherwise, just relax and enjoy the nothing wrongness

If I take the car for the emissions check, and they turn the key and see no "engine" light come on....they figure someone pulled the bulb out, and its an automatic fail!!!!!!

The car having codes is irrelevant.....I need to know if anyone has had an issue with the CEL not working at all. I cannot get the car passed if the "engine" engine light is not working properly..

[dar01]

Originally Posted by D2Beetle

LOL, funny, you must be a comedian.

Really?....that is your contribution?

[Canadianbugin]

Originally Posted by dar01

If I take the car for the emissions check, and they turn the key and see no "engine" light come on....they figure someone pulled the bulb out, and its an automatic fail!!!!!!

The car having codes is irrelevant.....I need to know if anyone has had an issue with the CEL not working at all. I cannot get the car passed if the "engine" engine light is not working properly..

Sooooo take the insterment cluster apart and replace the bulb,or find out why the CEL does not come-on @ start-up.... Research and investigate....

[D2Beetle]

Originally Posted by dar01

Really?....that is your contribution?

Well, I do not live in an emissions required area, and I did get a chuckle from the way worded your initial post, no malice intended.

Your reply to Fl_bug clarified what your problem is; so if I understand, this is what you mean... when you turn the key on but not starting the car, the self-diagnostics run, which means all the lights on the dash light up to show you they are working; unfortunately your CEL light is not lighting up.

How many other dash lights are not working?

[dar01]

Originally Posted by D2Beetle

Well, I do not live in an emissions required area, and I did get a chuckle from the way worded your initial post, no malice intended.

Your reply to Fl_bug clarified what your problem is; so if I understand, this is what you mean... when you turn the key on but not starting the car, the self-diagnostics run, which means all the lights on the dash light up to show you they are working; unfortunately your CEL light is not lighting up.

How many other dash lights are not working?

Correct!

I am pretty sure that is the only light not coming on....looking into it now....

[Olie]

Any news about this, I just bought my car on friday and I was so excited, that I never noticed, that that CEL is not showing on startup, there is also another one looks like <-1-> not sure what is that one ment to be for... Car drives perfetly, goin to scan ECU for faults today, so fingers crossed Im bit scared...

[HudsonValleyVDub]

They run a scan here in NY when you get it inspected. Although i too would want to know why that light isn't coming on, I doubt it would fail inspection with no codes showing.

[70autostick]

Just throwing this out there, when i first bought my bug, no CEL .

Turns out it had 14 codes and the light was indeed supposed to be on!

One of the POs put electrical tape over the bulb of the CEL AND the airbag bulb, which was on too!



You should check that.

[Nicoliae]

Originally Posted by 70autostick

One of the POs put electrical tape over the bulb of the CEL AND the airbag bulb, which was on too!

Holy shady!! What kind of person does that?


Sorry I have nothing helpful to add. I hope you figure it out!

[Smileybug]

My hubby put electrical tape over his airbag light in his '95 Passat while he had it. He knew why it was on, but couldn't fix it, at least not himself. So the light was always on. Tape turned it off But he took it off before he sold the car. Also disclosed the problem as to why it was on.