Q: I just had over $2000 of work done on my Volkswagen 2004 golf. My check engine light just went on after having these repairs.
I just had over $2000 of work done on my Volkswagen 2004 golf. My check engine light just went on after having these repairs. The repairs included fixing ball bearings, alignment, fixing a type 3 leak in the transmission, and a few other things. What could be the reason for having the check engine light go off, after all those repairs?
My car has 145000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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