Check engine light will not turn off

2013 DODGE JOURNEY
65,000 MILES • 4.0L • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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GINA LEA ROHN-OLESEN
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Drove to work yesterday temperature outside was -30 ran just fine, sat for an eight hour shift, I started it and then the check engine light came on.
Jan 30, 2019 at 8:53 PM
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SCGRANTURISMO
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Hi Gina, my name is Alex and I will be helping you. Here is a helpful link for you:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/check-engine-light-is-it-safe-to-drive

It's fairly straight forward to find out why your Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) came on. You need to hook a code reader to your car. If you don't have a code reader you can go to your local parts store and they should be able to read it for you. I have included some information on what you need to do if you are retrieving the DTC yourself. Let us know what you find out and we can go from there.
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