I lent my '90 190E 2.6 to my sister and her husband for three days while they were visiting here. Today I get a call and they ran out of gas on the freeway. They managed to pull to the shoulder and I told them to call my ins. company because they offer roadside assistance. But then I decided that it would be quicker to just get a gas tank and meet them since they weren't too far away. Got there before the roadside assistance came, and I guess they had called or flagged down a highway patrol person. He cancelled the roadside assist, so I was told. Anyway, I poured in about a gallon of gas and the car started. We went back to my place, and from there to the gas station and then to the train station.

So while I was driving the 190E, I noticed the CEL lit. I couldn't check it until I got home. It was a code 17. I reset it and now the CEL is off. What is a code 17? I thought for the 103 engine it's up to code 12? Also, I drove the car for about 50 miles with CEL on before I could reset it. Had to take my sister and her husband to the train station.

The car now has a full tank of 91 gas and the CEL off. Anything to worry about? I just don't like the idea of running the car till it runs out of gas. I was a bit annoyed that it happened. Apparently they thought the car had enough gas. They said it was at the qtr. mark and thought it was enough to get to my place and get gas. Looks like they didn't see the gas light come on.