How To Reset Gas Cap Light On Dodge Nitro

In some cases you need to pull over immediately to prevent damage while in others you merely need to tighten you gas cap next time you stop in order to reset the service engine soon light.

How to reset gas cap light on dodge nitro. Dodge cars trucks. Light is on and i got the gas cap warning light off now it runs like bad. 2015 dodge ram 1500 5 7 engine light and gas cap icon were lit. If your gas cap is not properly attached you may see a check engine light or a loose cap warning light on the dash.

Inspected cap and it was definitely worn but gasket ring looked and felt okay. A scan tool will definitely reset the light but as with any obd2 vehicle the on board computer in your car will carry out an evaporitve emission test when certain criteria is met speed level of fuel in the tank change in temperature once it sees the criteria is met it does the test if it sees the gas cap is tight and the tank will hold a vacuum it will automatically turn off the light. I didn t tighten my gas cap completely once the check engine light came on and i immediately tightened the cap. You can either tighten the cap and wait for the system to reset itself when it determines the problem is fixed or you can use an obd ii code scanner to manually reset the system.

Cheap enough to buy a new cap so i did. After 3 weeks i had the dealer reset it they said it would ve eventually reset.