Calling all DC techs:

This is a weird one... I was working on my car tonight, with the engine idling... The gas was low, but showed 1/16th of a tank +/-... While the engine was idling it started to sputter...

Assuming I was running out of gas, I pulled out of the garage to drive over to the station to fill it back up...

With the car sputtering like it was running on two cylinders, and now hearing the fuel pump sucking air behind the seat, I noticed the CHECK ENGINE light come on and then start flashing repeatedly...

I made it over to the gas station and re-filled the car, but the sputtering continued for the few blocks back to my house. I then shut down the car for a few minutes and then re-started the car and took it for a drive around the block... The mis-firing stopped, but the CHECK ENGINE light is now remaining to stay on...

Does anyone have an idea why the CHECK ENGINE light is still illuminated, and if so, do you know how to turn it off without having to take it to the dealer and resettng the ECU ???