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#21 (**permalink**) 18 Sep 2003, 11:01 pm

Believe me, that's the first place I looked. Page 57 if memory serves,
titled "My Maintenance Light Flashes".

Is _ it _ because _ the _ computer _ thinks _ I _ haven't _ had _ an _
oil _change _ in _ 8000 _ miles?

Paul Bielec wrote:

> I had the same issue when I owned a 2001 Civic and I found the answer within
> a minute in the owner's manual.

#22 (**permalink**) 18 Sep 2003, 11:29 pm

You're right. I've had nothing, but bad experiences with them. I took my
old Dodge Stratus to them a couple of times. One time, they forgot to
replace the oil cap, and another time, they replaced it with the wrong
one, which didn't even fit!

I don't like these cowboys either, that's why I *tried* to take it to
the dealer.

#23 (**permalink**) 19 Sep 2003, 07:17 am

On 19 Sep 2003 00:48:18 GMT, drpimpdaddi@aol.commodore64 (DrPimpDaddi)
wrote:

>>and i can do it for as little as $8 myself, using a walmart filter and oil.
>>
>
>Not I. They usually include free tire rotation too.

I wouldn't let those guys near my wheels with their air wrenches.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??

#24 (**permalink**) 20 Sep 2003, 12:12 pm

"George Macdonald" <fammacd=!SPAM^nothanks@tellurian.com> wrote in message
news:3f6af324.83595933@news.tellurian.com...
> On 19 Sep 2003 00:48:18 GMT, drpimpdaddi@aol.commodore64 (DrPimpDaddi)
> wrote:
>
> >>and i can do it for as little as $8 myself, using a walmart filter and
oil.
> >>
> >
> >Not I. They usually include free tire rotation too.
>
> I wouldn't let those guys near my wheels with their air wrenches.

my 98 still has the OEM 'stones on it. i rotate em every couple years.

#25 (**permalink**) 25 Sep 2003, 02:43 pm

I have 91 Accord EX Sedan and I recently did the oil change.
Mine also has the maintainance indicator on red.Dont know how to reset it.
Searched inside the Chilton's Manual but had nothing said about it.
Can anbody help ? All ideas suggestions welcomed. I will look under dash if
I can find any reset button.

Thanks

PV.

"bearman" <noyb@home.com> wrote in message
news:B7CcnVWuQap7m_eiU-KYvw@comcast.com...
>
> Surely your manual shows you how to reset that light. I have a 2000
Odyssey
> and my manual does. Usually it involves holding in on the odometer reset
> button while you start the engine. Or something like that. My wife has
the
> van with the manual.
>
>
> "Lee" <now@yjo.se> wrote in message news:3f69cf7d$1_3@news3.es.net...
> > Hi,
> >
> > My Honda Civic just rolled passed 8000 miles yesterday, and the
> > "Maintenance Required" light started coming on every time I started my
> > engine. I turned up at my dealer when I had 4700 miles on the clock for
> > my oil change, but apparently he was fully booked for oil changes for
> > the next 2 weeks. Instead, I went to the local Jiffy Lube for my oil
> > change (and kept all the receipts).
> >
> > I'm just wondering if the "Maintenance Required" switch should have been
> > reset when I had my oil (and other fluids) checked, or if I actually
> > need to schedule some "Maintenance Work".
> >
> > I don't know why I'm putting everying in "inverted commas" - probably
> > something to with "LAY-SERS" </Dr. Evil>
> >
> > Any input, anyone?
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Lee
> >
> >
>
>

#26 (**permalink**) 25 Sep 2003, 02:52 pm

If there is a slot in the bottom of the instrument panel near the indicator,
stick you key in it and it will change it back to green. It is detailed in
the owners manual rather than the service book.

On 9/25/03 2:43 PM, in article bkvggh$t4b$1@usc.edu, "Trojan"
<klutulu@softhome.net> wrote:

> I have 91 Accord EX Sedan and I recently did the oil change.
> Mine also has the maintainance indicator on red.Dont know how to reset it.
> Searched inside the Chilton's Manual but had nothing said about it.
> Can anbody help ? All ideas suggestions welcomed. I will look under dash if
> I can find any reset button.
>
> Thanks
>
> PV.
>
>
> "bearman" <noyb@home.com> wrote in message
> news:B7CcnVWuQap7m_eiU-KYvw@comcast.com...
>>
>> Surely your manual shows you how to reset that light. I have a 2000
> Odyssey
>> and my manual does. Usually it involves holding in on the odometer reset
>> button while you start the engine. Or something like that. My wife has
> the
>> van with the manual.
>>
>>
>> "Lee" <now@yjo.se> wrote in message news:3f69cf7d$1_3@news3.es.net...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> My Honda Civic just rolled passed 8000 miles yesterday, and the
>>> "Maintenance Required" light started coming on every time I started my
>>> engine. I turned up at my dealer when I had 4700 miles on the clock for
>>> my oil change, but apparently he was fully booked for oil changes for
>>> the next 2 weeks. Instead, I went to the local Jiffy Lube for my oil
>>> change (and kept all the receipts).
>>>
>>> I'm just wondering if the "Maintenance Required" switch should have been
>>> reset when I had my oil (and other fluids) checked, or if I actually
>>> need to schedule some "Maintenance Work".
>>>
>>> I don't know why I'm putting everying in "inverted commas" - probably
>>> something to with "LAY-SERS" </Dr. Evil>
>>>
>>> Any input, anyone?
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>> Lee
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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