On Oct 14, 10:39*pm, "Justbob30" <justbo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Here's an idea, let the maintenance minder do its job, it will tell you
> based on several things which are monitored when service needs to be done..

Uh yes, I know. My question is about resetting after various service
is done.

> Changing your oil at 5,000 miles is wasteful of both your money and a
> natural resource. *Depending on your driving conditions you may need to
> change at 5k, maybe 10k but, maybe not, why waste? *let go, let Honda :-).

I am actually quite an expert on the subject of oil changes, but I
digress.
I am a former BMW owner and always did my own service, but this
Honda MM is new to me. This 5k oil change is for the car's first
off-the-assembly-line oil change. The dealership thinks they are
going to get to do the service work on the car and already has
me scheduled for this initial 5k oil change--which is not a bad
idea for any new car with factory oil in a brand new engine.
But the popular myth of oil changes every 3k miles being
a swell idea....it is overkill, and wasteful. 5-8k mile oil changes
are the best window to shoot for for most drivers. I'm not a big
fan of going more than about 8500 miles on the same oil, synthetic
or conventional.


>
> <rev_otis_mcn...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:c6a0bf7d-26f1-4dc5-a57b-4b2b751ac6fb@1g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > I've just bought an 09 Accord. *A couple of little questions please....
>
> > Never had a honda before. * This Memory Minder that tells us when
> > things need to be done, etc.... *I've read the manual well, but one
> > thing
> > that isn't clear to me. * Let's say I do my first oil change at 5k
> > miles,
> > and reset the Minder's oil indicator back to 100%. * This of course
> > should not effect the Minder's tracking of the other things that won't
> > need to be done till later, right? * I know this may seem dumb,
> > but they don't cover this at all in the manual.
>
> > Let's say, on down the road, say at 20k miles or so, I get the little
> > symbol that I need to change the air filter. * After I change that,
> > and reset the air filter tracking, I wouldn't want to also reset
> > the oil change tracking without changing the oil, etc., etc.
> > I assume that with one or more symbols lit on the cluster,
> > I would be able to toggle to reset each one as I do the maintenance.
> > Is this the way it works?
>
> > Also, I seem to have a minor steering wheel shimmy at around
> > 60-65 mph. * The car has new Michelins and the car only had
> > 6 miles on it when I bought it. *I wonder if those little air pressure
> > sensors could present a wee bit of a problem for wheel balancing.
> > Also, about these sensors in the tires, *when the time comes
> > for buying new tires, I assume they will just remove the things
> > and put them in the new tires. *Correct? *Do some people just
> > do away with these things after a while. *I frankly don't need them
> > myself as I always keep tabs on things like proper air pressure
> > in my tires. * We do like the car though, and hope to drive
> > it a LONG time. * Thanks for any good feedback.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -