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Sadly, buying a used car and one that is 8-9yrs old with 150K is ALWAYS a huge gamble. If you bought it private party, they might be able to tell you a history of the car possibly, but most people trade in cars because they have problems or intermittent problems that might not even show up to the dealer they are trading it in to, so the dealer turns around and sells it thinking it is in good condition.
You can patch a car to run fine for a week, 30 days or longer, but once you start doing fluid changes, they problems pop back up. If you bought it used and as is, the second you drive it off the lot, it is now your problem, as you cant prove they sold you a dud or the car is just old and problems can pop up any day.
I just bought used hyundai sonata from dealer few day ago. And yesterday while driving i noticed engine came on. I just dont know what to do. I didnt expect for things to go wrong this early. it has 150 K miles on. I called the dealer and they offered me to find out whats up but of course they will charge me if they were to fix problem. I am little hesitatn to go that route becuae i think 1) they will try to hide problems and will charge me for not doing anything 2) they might even creat more problems for me. Also, they arent hyundai dealer so i wonder how their diagonostic might be. I am thinking on directly goign to hyundai dealership and have it checked out, I know it going to cost me good $$ but i dont know what else to do..
BTW, its 2010 (year)..
So, seems to me in the words within this very post you were (are) aware from Square 1 you'd be charged for anything that went wrong with the ...Hyundai, yeah. Correct me if I'm wrong, however. Surprised your dealer or specialist PPI didn't reveal whatever the problem is. Assuming you did one. Or not...
Check engine light came on in my used 911 Turbo on Day 2 of ownership, many years ago now, it was a bad coil that the dealer promptly fixed since clearly it was a condition ready to "blow" the day they sold me the car. They didn't hesitate a second, but that's a marquee that plans for lifetime customers, not price-busters and old people looking to pay no more than $5,995 vs. asking of $6,200 on a high-mileage car that is miraculously still running.
If you're worried about the dealer causing three more problems and thus starting the process of screwing you, you're probably right. Again, see Paragraph 1: Cash for Clunkers refugee in, garbage out. Good luck with that. Oh wait, I'm incorrect: it's not even a Hyundai dealer. Maybe the dealers actually do stand behind their products, for all I know, though I won't ever have the chance to find out. Maybe money spent there would be "good", much like the Toyota dealer in south Bellevue who gets the bulk of my repair business because they are *reasonably* honest, I've found.
But not Ed's House of Used Cars, Buy Here Pay Here. LOL!
Did you put gas in it recently? I would take the gas cap off and then put it back on with a reasonable amount of clicks if it requires that. Go to youtube and you will find the info you need on this. If not then do what others have said and got o autozone or similar and get your code read.
Find out what protections you have on a state regulatory level before acting. In some states, regardless what a dealer tells you or have you sign, you may be legally protected up to a set number of days and miles after a sale. Other states require certain emission things to be free of defect upon sale. You will be in a much better position of you know your rights before doing or having something done that waives those rights.
once a car hits a certain number of years; like maybe 10? OR miles like 120,000 then it has no protections. The original manufacturers won't resell their own brand if the miles are over 110-120,000 because they will have issues but that can be good for consumers if you can buy from honest used car dealers and yes they are very, very hard to find. Cargurus.com is a great place to screen used car dealers with their review process.
That's why I never keep cars past 100K. Once the check engine light comes on, it is virtually impossible to diagnose it. Even knowing the code won't help you. So you have lean mixture. Do you know how many ways you get it?
You bought an 8 year old car with 150K miles on the clock. Things happen!
A "check engine" light can be something as simple as a loose or worn gas cap. The dealer will simply attach a code reader to discover the cause of the fault. It doesn't matter which make of car because the diagnostic port is standardized.
Go back to the dealer, discover the cause of the fault and then negotiate a solution. They might just fix it for free.
It could also just be on if the lid for gas tank is not on properly or it is time for an oil change.
That's why I never keep cars past 100K. Once the check engine light comes on, it is virtually impossible to diagnose it. Even knowing the code won't help you. So you have lean mixture. Do you know how many ways you get it?
I really wouldn't have jumped right to the car having lean mixture just yet. Do you think though? Educate us.
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I really wouldn't have jumped right to the car having lean mixture just yet. Do you think though? Educate us. 
