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You need to get an OBDII scanner. They run about $80 to $130 and you just hook them up to the diagnostic port under the steering wheel and it gives you the diagnostic code.

Having the code will do you little good, if you don't know what to do with it, or have the expensive information and expensive equipment (not to mention Know-how) to fix it.

You could also go to Auto Zone and have them check the codes for free. That way when you take it in to the shop, if they all of a sudden tell you something that didn't show up from the Auto Zone check you can question them. Remember there are some shady people out there. Not all but there are some out there.

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Q: How can you check before taking your Mercury Villager 96 to the shop why the check engine light is on?
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