Engine Light On But Codes Can't Be Retrieved

[carlosalfaro]

I have a 2000 camry - 4 cyl. - auto. 80k miles on it.

The check engine light came on. It has happened before. Usually it happened when I filled up my gas tank. I fixed the cap and the light went away after a few days.

Now it came back on and I tried to retrieve the trouble codes by jumping the E1 and TE1 terminals and putting the key and moving it to ON. I had parked the car for about 10 minutes when I did that. The light just stayed on, no codes flashed...

I checked the fuel tank cap is securely closed. I have no idea of what it could be, or if in fact it is a problem, how could I retrieve the trouble codes. If anyone has had this experience, could you please share how you fixed this?

Any information will be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Carlos

[cheetah1]

It's not just a bad connection in the jumper? Happened to me recently..

[Mick24]

You may have to jump terminals TE1+TE+E1 depending on model year.