"Michael Muderick" <michael@muderick.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 2000 Accord. When I start the car the Maint. Required light
>flashes for a while. I think I recall that means routine maintenance. The
>car has 51,000 miles. One of the service techs at Honda told me once that
>timing chains should automatically be changed at 50,000 before they go.
>Is this hype, or should I do that. Is this connected with the light?
>It's abouit a $1000 job, so I don't want to do it if it's not highly
>recommended. thanks,

You didn't talk to "techs at Honda". You spoke to one or more techs at your
local dealer. Find a new dealer. Your car requires a timing belt change (I
don't think they were using chains in the Accord in 2000) at 90k or 105k.
Check your manual to see which it is (my '01 V6 is 105k for example).

As for the light, yes that is the maint reminder. See the service schedule
in your owners manual. It may be just the oil change that's due, or more
depending on what was done at your last scheduled maintenance.