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2004 Malibu- rough idle & gas cap message

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Old January 19th, 2009, 6:57 PM
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Default 2004 Malibu- rough idle & gas cap message

I have a 2004 Chevy Malibu Maxx LT & today the "check gas cap" message came on and I noticed she started to idle rough. Earlier today the message came on, so I tightened the gas cap & turned off the light, but it came back on. I then noticed the car running rough. Could the two problems be interconnected?

It's covered under the GM certified warranty, but I'm just trying to learn.
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Well,

I fired up the car to leave my friends house & the message was gone. I don't know what to think so for now I'll keep an eye on it. I didn't want to clear it so it was there tomorrow when I took the car to get the broken sun visor replaced, but it's a little hard to do when the message is gone.
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There will be history code, they will see it.
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Got the car to Jack Maxton Chevrolet today to have the sun visors replaced & mentioned the message on the radio. They checked for codes & had a emissions small leak code. They cleared the codes & told me if it comes back on they will get me a loaner car while they track down the problem
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