['97ventureowner]

Originally Posted by benw

if you are tired of the light always being on then you could just pull the bulb like I did

Not a good idea. Depending on what state you live in and their emission laws, doing such a thing can be grounds for an immediate failure in your inspection. Many state are now, in the effort to clean the air, are passing very strict emission laws. The federal government is also trying to coax other states into doing the same. Some states, like NY where i live have adpoted new emission laws whereas when you bring your vehicle in for it's yearly inspection, the first thing they look at is the MIL or SES light. If that is illuminated you fail, if it doesn't light up when you start the vehicle, you fail as well. So if you in some way disable the light, it will cost you to have it repaired so it is in working order.Some people try to fool the system by going to an auto parts store that reads your codes for free, and have them clear the codes. When you bring your vehicle in. it is hooked to a computer that scans the system and if it sees that the sensors have not run long enough to do their tests and register anything, you fail the test and are required to bring the vehicle back after you have driven it enough to "ready the system." So in the long run it might be more cost effective to get the SES light checked out to see what the problem is, who knows it might be a cheap and easy fix?