check engine light doesn't work

[mcG]

i can see on the dash where the CEL is, but it doesn't light up w/ all the others when i start the car. i searched but to no avail. anyone else ever have this issue?
also, i failed inspection bc of a cat. converter error code, can this be related?

 

[Eneurb]

Did someone pull the bulb because they couldn't fix a problem, or didn't want you to know there was a problem??

 

[Glacier991]

it should light up on start up.. if not, check the bulb.. and (slight chuckle) if you bought it, I am with Eneurb on what the prior owner may have done. (I LIKE this guy!)

 

[Four0Sport]

thats almost as funny as the old fashioned black tape over the check engine light. you wont beleive how many dash panels i find with black tape covering up random warning lights

 

[mcG]

haha that's pretty funny. good idea too, but i'd be too honest to pull it off. anyways i got it fixed, just a bad bulb, and the only code that was stored i already knew about. thanks guys.

 

[Eneurb]

Actually, I used to work with a guy that couldn't fix anything right, but to give him some credit, rather than removing the bulb, he would actually remove the bulb and install a burnt out one.

 

[MONMIX]

It is funny, I have read a zillion posts about making the CEL go away, but this is the first post I have ever read about trying to make it appear.