My reserve fuel icon is flashing and the dash reads check gas cap see owners manual. The cap was loose, I tightened it but that didn't make the warning go away. What is the matter?

Asked by Kalina_1172 Mar 07, 2017 at 02:39 PM about the 2005 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 500

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

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also, it may take a couple of drive cycles to have it go away by itself

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I drove it home, parked and turned it off. Later when I started the car, everything was fine. I read in the manual that this message occurs when the gas cap is off and the car is driven. Of course, I had no idea that the gas cap was off.

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