Engine Warning Light - Advise Please

[Grotbag]

I bought my 2005 CLK 200K 10 days ago.
On Friday the Engine Warning Light came on (it looks light an orange engine)
There are no other symptoms on the car.
I spoke to the dealer on Sunday who told me to bring in the car today. However last night the light went out. The dealer said no a lot of point bring it in as the computer would require the light to be on to diagnose a problem. He said he has noted the problem and I should bring it back if the light comes on again.

The only other issue with the car is I park the car on a steep drive facing upwards. When I take the car out of Park the gear box 'clunks'. If I'm parked on a normal road then no problem.

Views on above would be appreciated.

Richard

 

[nyx]

is your foot hard on the brake when you take the car out of park on the driveway?

 

[Grotbag]

I've tried it with both foot on brake and no foot on brake.
When I park and put the foot brake on, the car rolls back a few inches.

 

[daveenty]

The "clunk" is normal as it's just taking the slack up in the parking pawl (in basic terms, a peg in a slot).

If I were parking on a steep hill, I'd be tempted to apply the parking brake before putting it in park as an extra safety measure

 

[Flyinspanner]

Fault codes should be stored in the memory.
Light doesn't have to be on to read stored codes, iirc

 

[redjules51]

Fault codes should be stored in the memory.
Light doesn't have to be on to read stored codes, iirc

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