Check engine light NEVER comes on

The wire from the ECU to the insrument cluster may have been cut to put the light out. If you didn’t see a cut wires behind the cluster remove the glove box and check the green/red wire from cavity #6 of the top connector (E7) in the engine ECU.

If you check this wire with a volt meter or test light note that the ECU provides a ground to illuminate the light.