Q: Check gauge light coming on

asked by on November 29, 2017

My 2000 Jeep Cherokee "Check Gauges" light came on. Its been doing it for a while now. But, recently my car started stalling when I come to a complete stop. It starts right away, but this is a bit concerning. The oil pressure reader is always dropping to zero but comes back up. The cars seems to vibrate a lot. Do you have any idea what could be going on? What do you recommend I do to fix this problem?

My car has 118050 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

Generally, the check engine light comes on when something fairly serious is going on with the vehicle. This can happen for many different reasons such as a faulty mass air flow sensor, a faulty O2 sensor, a bad catalytic converter, bad spark plugs or spark plug wires and many other reasons. Due to the wide range of possibilities for the check engine light to come on, the best and most efficient way to narrow down the scope of what may be causing this is to have the vehicle hooked up to a scanning tool to download any potential fault codes that may have registered in the computer. This will allow a mechanic to determine more specifically what to look for in diagnosing your vehicle. I would recommend having an expert from YourMechanic come to your location to take a look at your vehicle to determine what may be causing your check engine light to come on.

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