What does it mean when your car says check your gauges?

What does it mean when your car says check your gauges?

The check gauges light on a vehicle indicates that a malfunction has occurred and the vehicle needs to be inspected, serviced or repaired. A check engine or check gauges light can indicate a loose fuel cap, low engine oil, an overheated engine temperature or a malfunction in the engine or electrical system.

Why does the check gauge light come on?

Gauges that usually make up the panel watch the amount of oil, gas and battery power, in addition to the engine. When you notice the Check Gauge light is on don’t panic.

What does the temperature gauge mean on a Jeep Grand Cherokee?

You could be having an overheating problem (Temperature gauge near or in the red) You could be having a charging system problem (Battery or Amp gauge reading in the “discharge” or “low voltage” area.)

How to know if your Jeep Grand Cherokee is out of fuel?

You could be nearly out of fuel (Fuel gauge reading near empty) Your oil pressure could be low (OIl Pressure gauge reading very low)….You have to look at your gauges to find out what is going on that is not normal. You can’t post conmments that contain an email address.

What are the warning lights on a jeep?

The following are warning lights and indicators found in vehicles built by Jeep. Click a link to learn more about each one. They are roughly ordered by importance, which tends to be by color (red, amber, yellow, orange, green, blue, gray), but there are nearly 80 of them so be patient!

What does check gauage mean on a Jeep Cherokee?

The check gauges light comes on and the temp gauge goes to 250. I flip on the defroster on high heat right away and after a couple of seconds the temp gauge drops back down to 220. Could it be the fan not working. I have never had this problem with mine in the 10 years I have owned it. And it runs great other then that 23 people found this helpful.

What does the check gauges light come on?

when the check gauges light comes on look at your dash and see what gauge is not reading properly, either temp or oil gauge. 38 people found this helpful. My 99 jeep cherokee sport started doing this the past week. The check gauges light comes on and the temp gauge goes to 250.

The following are warning lights and indicators found in vehicles built by Jeep. Click a link to learn more about each one. They are roughly ordered by importance, which tends to be by color (red, amber, yellow, orange, green, blue, gray), but there are nearly 80 of them so be patient!

You could be nearly out of fuel (Fuel gauge reading near empty) Your oil pressure could be low (OIl Pressure gauge reading very low)….You have to look at your gauges to find out what is going on that is not normal. You can’t post conmments that contain an email address.