check engine
Car trouble indicator
Check engine refers to the warning light on a vehicle's dashboard that illuminates when the onboard computer detects a problem with the engine or emissions system.
The phrase appears as check engine or check engine soon on the indicator itself.
A check engine light can signal anything from a loose gas cap to serious mechanical failure, making it both ubiquitous and anxiety-inducing for drivers: My check engine light came on again.
- dashboardVehicle control panel
- warningAlert about danger
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
- mechanicVehicle maintenance professional
- diagnosticTest to identify problems
OBD · code · sensor · misfire · emissions · repair · garage · ignition · malfunction · trouble · scan · fault · cylinder · throttle · rough idle · exhaust · gas cap · catalytic
- car problemsflat tire, dead battery, brake failure, breakdown, overheating
- dashboardtachometer, odometer, fuel gauge, speedometer, gas gauge
- drivingdrive, steering, driver, acceleration, motorist
check engineall clear
Signal danger has passed
all systems go · green light · good to go · clean bill of health · fuel gauge
check, engine, checks, checked, checking, checker, checkers, recheck, unchecked