While driving home today the check engine light started flashing and then the car started skipping. Any idea what's going on? Got the codes and it said that #3 cylinder was miss firing. Needed a tuneup. Got that done and the check engine light is still on. How to reset it?

 

if you can try to get the codes... that would help alot...

 

define skipping, is it like the car has hit the rev limiter?

 

places like Autozone will read those codes for free. see what the code says.

 

If the motor is running fine now, you can disconnect the - terminal on the battery for a few minutes to clear the check engine light, or you can just drive it normally. The light will reset after 50 starts (IIRC) as long as the code doesn't come back.

 

A flashing check engine light ALWAYS means there is a mis-fire.

If you wanna reset, do the battery disconnect or take it to a code-reader and have them delete the code.

But if the light comes back / still flashes you could still be misfiring and the tune-up didn't fix it.

 

Took the words right out of my mouth...flashing is ALWAYS a misfire...I just experienced this in my 06...My code was I think P0300 if I remember...I know it was "random misfire"

 

what caused the p0300 code? Thats what is currently showing on mine and ive recently done a tune up.

 

Very very old thread. But P0300 is a random misfire, which usually is indicative of a fueling issue