# 2012 cruze Valve cover

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-cruze-valve-cover/114894>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, cruze\
**Created:** [April 2, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-cruze-valve-cover/114894 "2018-04-02T17:35:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Eric\_Painter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Eric\_Painter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Eric_Painter)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-cruze-valve-cover/114894/1 "2018-04-02T17:35:51Z")

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I have a 2012 Cruze 1.4L. I’m changing out the valve cover & casket. My question is do I need to reset the “check engine” and “stability traction light” before or after I install the new cover and gasket. Or does it matter ? Thank you in advance for any help with this.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-cruze-valve-cover/114894/2 "2018-04-02T18:17:40Z")

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It doesn’t matter since neither of those error codes can identify a valve cover gasket issue nor will they sense a replacement gasket is in place.

The bigger question here is; Why is the check engine light ans stability traction lights on?

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**Author:** ![TXdealer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@TXdealer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TXdealer)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-cruze-valve-cover/114894/3 "2018-04-03T01:06:27Z")

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These engines have a know issue with valve cover defects causing a vacuum leak. I don’t think the traction light is related, but the check engine light could be. I would reset the light after the repair.