96 Eclipse GS Engine Light

Hi,
The Engine Light came on about 2 weeks ago at around 88k. Can anyone tell me what's wrong and what can I do to make it go away without spending $$ at the dealer? Thank's for the help.....

take it somewhere to get it checked out

Could my muffler cause the light to come on? I suspect a leak in the muffler because I do notice my muffler has been louder than usual.

I don't know,i had a hole in my muffler on my truck and the light didn't come on

Most likely you've probally gotten this problem fixed by now(hopefully)but for anyone who have had their engine light turn on & there's clearly nothing wrong, it's most likely your gas cap. For some reason Mitsubishi put in a safety latch that if you don't twist it & hear 3 clicks when you close the cap, it'll go on. Only way to fix it is at a Mitsu dealer for like 85 bucks. It's stupid. Probally a scam.:rolleyes:

Or just take you negitive battery cable off for about 1 min, and it will clear all the error codes. In the future, if it comes on, cycle your key from on to off to on to off to on within 5 seconds. Then count how many times the light blinks, thats the error code.