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Your engine management lamp normally illuminates when a engine sensor or actuator is not functioning as recommended. The right course of action is to find out if any diagnostic trouble codes are stored and go from there to continue the diagnosis

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Q: What makes the engine light come on for your 1996 cavalier?
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