Hello, I am new and my name is Buzz. Ijust bought an 02 XKR 100 that is just out of warranty and has about 31K miles on it. It has been completely babied and I am so proud to have her...but I already have a problem. I was driving last night and the radio just turned itself up to full blast (no excessive ambient noise and no change in the amount of noise in the cockpit), so I turned it off. Turned it back on, and it did it again. Turned it off and on again and it was fine, but then then engine stumbled a little and then I got an error code about the gas cap. Redid the gas cap and now the amber engine light is on and has not gone off. This all happended all in about 10 seconds, so I suspect it is all realated to one another...and sounds electronic to me. I did not really notice anything unusual about the gas cap when I reset it.

As a new buyer of a relatively unknown new car, obviously I am a little spooked that I bought a car with gremlins. Can anyone shed some light on this type of problem? I was curious if there were any after market error code readers that I could pick up to get more informed about what is happening to the car. I am not the worst mechanic in the world, but this car is way over my head. But if this thing is gonna put out a bunch of error codes, I think maybe I should be informed.

And also, any thoughts on after market extended warranty from a third party? I ckecked today at the dealer and they informed me that since I did not buy the car from them, they cannot provide any type of coverage.

thanks a million and I hope to spend quite a bit of time here learning more about my new car

Buzz