2006 accord maintenance minder (oil)

in reading other posts, it looks like i changed my oil a little early.
around 5k. however, the oil life indicator is now @ 10% and im
wondering why it didnt recognize the new oil. or is resetting it done
manually? thanks

SS

 

It is set manually. Check your Owner's Manual.

Your car is not a Mercedes or BMW; it does not actually sense oil
condition. It computes oil life by considering mileage plus driving habits
and ambient temperatures.

And changing your oil early is *NEVER* a problem. The earlier the better.
the Minder is there for those lazy slobs who would otherwise be tempted to
take it to 10 or 15K.

 

ive read the entire owners manual and its not in there.

 

That's awfully hard to believe.

Go to Honda's own Techinfo site, here:
https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/logon.asp
Choose "Owner's Manuals"from the menu at left (no login required). Navigate
to your car.

Your information is on
page 196 if you have a sedan;
page 224 if you have a coupe.

 

Actually in at least one of the Honda manuals I have for a 2005 Accord
hybrid or a 2006 Odyssey (can't remember which one I read it in), it says
not to do the first oil change early. Presumably there are special
additives in the factory oil.

 

A 5000 mile oil change interval corresponds to the "Severe" service
interval for our 2004 I4 Accord; so the oil change was not "early."

Do you think there's any relationship between Honda's presumed "special
additives" and Mobil's claim that Mobil 1 is "fully synthetic?" Same
marketing team?
snip

 

I don't think a single sentence about not changing your factory oil early
buried in an owners manual constitutes an attempt at marketing anything.