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Old 19 Dec 2008, 02:31 am
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Default A question about the automatic oil change notification in the '07 Honda Civics.?

In 2007 Honda Civics (maybe in '06s, '08s and '09s too I'm not sure) an automatic notifier comes up on the dash when your oil life is down to 15% and you need to get an oil change. I just had my oil changed before this notification came up (at around 25%) at a local non-dealer car shop because it's a heck of a lot cheaper, but the oil life did not change back to 100%. Does this mean that my oil wasn't changed or wasn't changed properly? Or does it need to be reset manually? If it has to be reset do you know how to do it?
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Old 19 Dec 2008, 02:46 am
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It needs to be reset.Turn the ignition to the ON position -Press the selector button so that the warning is showing -Press and Hold the selector for 10 seconds, the display will flash. Once flashing let go of the button -Then press and hold the selector button again for 5 seconds, the display will reset.
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Old 19 Dec 2008, 03:01 am
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Hi CT,the light comes on like an hour meter. There is a reset button. I don't know it is on you car but you can call your dealer or friend where it is.
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Old 19 Dec 2008, 03:16 am
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It's the manual reset issue. My wife's Toyota Ciena does the same damn thing. The 18-25 year olds at the lube joints don't know and probably don't care to reset the meter so to speak. It's that or they are instructed not to for liability reasons.Always reset it when you leave...take the 3 minutes in the parking lot to do it...I'm sure it's in the manual...sometimes it's a cycling of the ignition with your keys and the engine off....I'm sure it's somewhere in the manual between "we wish you would go to the dealer so we will keep this in fine print" and "darn, you found it!"....I think it's a design to push people back to the dealers in a kind of perverse way for the dealers to make more revenue.Let's face it, you own a Honda and the chances of you having to spend much time in a waiting room for repairs is somewhere between slim, and none. Couple that with the fact that few, if any, take their cars to the dealers for oil changes...who needs to run that gauntlet of unwanted, un-needed service offerings by the service manager? For those that go back, I would bet that 75% of the dealers sell them on such highly sought after items like new air filters after 3,000 miles....read the manual, save the trip, keep your money, and above all, enjoy your Honda!
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