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Jennifer Brown Posted on Sep 22, 2013
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Today driving my husband to work the security light came on and the service vehicle soon came in as well. They flash back and forth and also locked my stereo in my 2002 Pontiac Aztek. Also when I put my car in park the doors won't unlock or lock when I put it in drive. What does this mean? Is it serious? Also I might add that the "Service vehicle soon" light is different from the "Service engine soon" light. The Service engine soon light is on constantly and never goes off. We recently got several codes that needed to be fixed. Should I be concerned? We are on a budget and it's our only car. Please help, Jenn!!

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I would be concerned as the fix now may be simple (like checking the engine oil and water in the radiator (not the reservoir). check fan belts and condition of belts .or the remedy repair will be less costly. Ignore the warning and the budget will be blown

  • Jennifer Brown Sep 22, 2013

    Thanks Bill, I never thought to check the oil or even the trans fluid. The funny thing is, I left to pick up my husband from work & all the dash lights were out & so were the dome lights. I had to manually put my headlights on as the auto ones weren't working. So when we got home my husband unhooked the battery & everything went back to normal. We took it to a shop & got a diagnostic in it & about $4,000 worth of problems popped up. All related to the O2 sensors & emissions malfunction. Is it worth it to fix it or just get another car?

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 14, 2008

SOURCE: Service Vehicle Soon Light for 2001 Pontiac Aztek

what light is flashing with this Service Vehicle Soon message? (Mine had the high beam light flashing and it turned out to be a head light.)

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 19, 2008

SOURCE: service vehicle soon light

you can purchase a scan tool diagnostic tool. it plugs into the OBD II port under the stearing wheel. it will read codes and reset the check engine light $49- $299 online

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 15, 2009

SOURCE: 2002 Buick Century anti-lock brake problems

i recently had this problem too, except i had all the lights on (ABS, service vehicle, trac-off, AND service engine) they are all easy to fix without spending more than 20-30$ for labour (depending how much your mechanic charges you) mine did it for free and he found out why the engine light is on afterwards too. so to fix all these lights (abs, trac-off, and service vehicle you MUST get another ABS cable (i went to a garage, they were towing a GM vehicle to the junk yard so i grabbed some scissors and cut BOTH abs cables on each side (good thing i did because one was bad) and braught them to my mechanic. the reason the lights come on is probably a defect or in my case my mechanic said it was salt buildup in the wires (on the drivers side) so he cut the wire off and rewired the new one and BOOM all the lights came off (service vehicle, abs, and trac-off) now for my service engine it says catalytic converter but im trying to put some fuel system cleaner to help it out i read somewhere that this is a defect of the car, so if you dont have that light yet, SELL your car ASAP for as much as you can get for it (after fixing the lights of course) and always google (car name+recalls) in the search bar to see what youre getting into, take care

GIVHRR

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  • Posted on Jul 28, 2009

SOURCE: service vehicle soon

all these lights are probably associated with the abs.. have the abs scanned at an autozone or another shop and probably will determine a front hub assembly (abs sensor ) is bad.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 02, 2010

SOURCE: resetting a service engine soon light on pontiac aztek 2003

take the negitive battery cable off for about five minutes or so and plug it back in and that should fix ur problem

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