Help! Malfunction indicator light

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Old 09-24-2011 | 10:01 PM
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Help! Malfunction indicator light

My malfunction indicator light turned on when i came to a full stop from a slope and put my gear from D to N.

I quickly pulled over to the side of the road and shut the engine off. I went through the owner's manual to check. After i did open my gas cap and closed it back with 3 clicks. But the last time i went to the pump was about one week ago, and there was about 1/2 tank of gas left at the time when the indicator came on.

Right now i am sort of confused what might be wrong with the vehicle.

Any suggestions what i should do??
Or maybe any of you guys had this kind of stuff happened before???
HELP!!
Old 09-25-2011 | 01:24 AM
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if you are talking about the little "!" light above the "PRNDS" lights it could be many different things. anything from an unfastened seatbelt to a maintenance reminder. more details would help us figure out whats wrong.
Old 09-25-2011 | 10:21 AM
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Without a code or a symptom of something happening all we could do is read tea leafs and guess.
Old 09-25-2011 | 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by djtanveer
if you are talking about the little "!" light above the "PRNDS" lights it could be many different things. anything from an unfastened seatbelt to a maintenance reminder. more details would help us figure out whats wrong.
djtanveer: It is the yellow indicator with the design of an engine block with a fan blade on the left side. Sort of looks like a helicopter. It is located bottom left from the "low oil pressure indicator" and left from the charging system indicator.
Old 09-25-2011 | 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by fsttyms1
Without a code or a symptom of something happening all we could do is read tea leafs and guess.
I did most 150 km of normal city driving with the occasional rev exceeding over 4 thousand rpm. Did not ran into anything, the car felt fine overall. This is why i am confused why the indicator light would pop on so randomly.
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