Q: Turning off check engine light

asked by on July 29, 2017

I just replaced the throttle body because when I have my car diagnostic done they told me with the throttlebody. I'm wondering how to reset all the service engine light that shows up. Especially the one with the engine half lit

My car has 167000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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