# New purchased car from dealer, now has engine light on

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-purchased-car-from-dealer-now-has-engine-light-on/100044>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** bmw, 320\
**Created:** [February 17, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-purchased-car-from-dealer-now-has-engine-light-on/100044 "2017-02-17T12:54:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-purchased-car-from-dealer-now-has-engine-light-on/100044/21 "2018-01-08T01:12:55Z")

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My vote is to return it. A 150 mile drive with an inoperative electric water pump could very well mean serious, serious problems.

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-purchased-car-from-dealer-now-has-engine-light-on/100044/22 "2018-01-08T01:26:31Z")

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Can we please keep politics out of this?

It has no relevance to OP’s check engine light, anyways

Not to mention OP never did return, after their initial request for advice 😏

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