Welcome Steve! You just scared the crap out of every new VX owner out there! LOL

The engine light comes on quite a bit in my experience - and not just mine. There is an accompanying computer code that comes with it for diagnosis of the problem. Auto Zone or other auto shops like that usually have the diagnostic tool needed to get the code. After that, you use the code to point you in the right direction. Others will have more info than I do but that is the short of it.