dnt1, I almost went to a mechanic at a gas station down the street who said he would turn it off for $50. Then, I tried what you said after reading your post. And it worked! I drove first, not more than 10 miles, but the check engine light still remained on. Then, I cycled the key ign ON/OFF for 4 or 5 timems and the light turned off from the dash. What a relief for me! My teenage son's bigger concern was the stereo system not working, not the check engine light(obviously!). So, I called the seller and asked if he's got it, thinking that he might have replaced the car battery and must have had the radio code. And he did! He gave me 4-digit code and the procedure (wondered why he didn't give that to me when he sold the car...). So, everything is fine now and the car runs great. Thanks! ps. Hope other people with the same problem also would benefit from this post - like I did.

No chad, I'm not gonna keep dragging that around, I think I made my point. :) As far as being holier than thou?, Heck not a chance. I got thirty years worth of scars from learning about cars. Working on cars has a way of teaching you things you never wanted to know, because it gives you the test first, and the lesson (hopefully) afterwards. So when I see certain comments that come across as disrespectful of just how hard auto repair really is, I take them to task. Compare my next short paragraph to virtually anyone elses career. After thirty years of fixing cars, today I have more to learn ahead of me than I ever did at any time in my career. That is how fast the technology is changing. I have spent some $200,000 on tools, equipment, and software to date, and yet I have a greater expense ahead of me, than I have ever had at anytime in my career, if I am to stay fully up to date. Once again, thats because of how fast the technology, and the tools to support it are changing. I just spent the last two evenings, sharing every trick, and detail of knowledge that I have about Ford's 7.3l diesel, with 50 other techs from shops all around mine. These guys are all my competition, and I'm doing everything I can to help them be the best techs they can be for their customers. So I don't need "this" forum, I have one that really counts IMO and it's with my peers in the field. Oh, and if your wondering, I don't cut them any slack at all. If they try and take on work that they haven't been trained for, or don't have the right equipment for, I tell them exactly how it is. I do the same thing here, the motto is "Test, don't guess". Stick around chad, and just watch how someone new will roll in here in the future, and take shots at auto repair technicians out of "the old worn out stereotype". Then sit back and laugh as you see me not only help them figure their car out, but rattle them a bit just as I did you. Trust me when I say, I don't fit the stereotype, and neither do the fifty other techs that I just spent the last two evenings with.

Steam Wash is an 'available' option. Not necessary, but you do have to push the button if you want to use it. The light stays on for maybe 1-3 minutes after its finished. Actually, whole machine should go dark 1-3 minutes after a cycle is finished. If yours doesn't, then it prolly needs a new control panel, where the "brains" are. I would go back to the company that sold it to you, quickly, and ask for another machine to be sent out to you. You can threaten stoppage of credit card payment, if it comes to that. If the processor does not control the light correctly, what else might it not control correctly? For the money you spent, you should get a perfect machine.

Thanks for responding. I wound up calling Genie and they said they didn't have parts for that model (too old). Would have to purchase a whole new unit.