# Emission;s Light?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/emission-s-light/21465>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [October 31, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/emission-s-light/21465 "2008-10-31T23:04:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![ebko87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@ebko87](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ebko87)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/emission-s-light/21465/1 "2008-10-31T23:04:15Z")

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I have a 2005 Ford Taurus sedan - 6 cyl - 3.0 liter with around 55,000 miles. The emissions light came on and when my mechanic went to read the code, it kept coming back as “not communicating”. I trust this mechanic (have been using him for years) and he insisted that his code reader was hooked up properly. Any suggestions other than taking it to a dealer which I really don’t want to do ?? The car runs fine.