I think you are confusing the maintenance light, which on Hondas simply
comes on based on mileage to remind you to change the oil, with a fault
light.

This is a Honda specific thing. There is nothing like it on any other make
of car that I know if. It is not a fault light and you do not want to reset
the computer to clear it. The way to reset it varies on different model
Hondas (but is always described in the owner's manual).

On 8/5/03 8:04 AM, in article oXNXa.142820$R92.70254@news2.central.cox.net,
"noway" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

> "Great Gazoo" <gazoo@bedrock.com> wrote in message
> news:EtFXa.2913$jp.1862@newsread4.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
>> That's the DUMBEST thing you could do. By resetting the computer you have
>> erased all the data stored in the ECU and thereby necessitating the OBD-II
>> program to "re-learn" itself.
>>
>> It's a simple task involving pushing the trip reset and holding it for 10
>> seconds with the key on.
>
> Its just like any other computer. Its good for it to reboot, and redetect
> the settings once in a while.
>
> I didn't have that option on my last 2 cars, so I just simply disconnected
> the battery for a while, and it cleared it up. I've used it several times
> when my cars started to run a little tempermental, like a ruff start in the
> morning. Of course that would usually be followed by the maintenance light.
>
>