"Maintenance Required". . .Flash . . . Flash . . .

"Maintenance Required". . .Flash . . . Flash . . .


Our "Maintenance Required" light is flashing when we start our 03'
accord. My wife (the primary driver) says it is flashing for longer
every day.

I assume it wants its oil changed? It is 300 miles shy of its 2nd oil
change. It is primarily around town, so I will do it this weekend,
any way.

My question, doses this thing count oil cycles, and keeps up with oil
life? Will I need to reset something so that it knows I have changed
the oil, or is it smarter then our explore (you have to recent the oil
counter in an explore)? Or could this be something else that needs
attention sooner.

Dose Maintenance Required = check engine = could be trouble
Or doses it simply = oil changing time or air filter or something
simple?

03' 4cyl EX if that matters

Thanks

Evan

 

RTFM

 

It's just a reminder light. Think of it as an alarm clock that goes off every
7500 miles or so.

In the previous gen Accord, you had to hold the odometer/reset button on the
dash and turn the key to "ON" Do this once a month and the light will never
flash.








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You bought this car shiny new, and you've never once read the owner's
manual?

Shame on you.

And you come here to get free advice, instead of reading your fucking
owner's manual.

You should be shot.

 

What is it with Usenet and rude fockers.

Go put your head back in the toilet you pulled it out of, puke pie.

 

What is it with Usenet and rude fockers.

Go put your head back in the toilet you pulled it out of, puke pie.[/QUOTE]

**** you. This idiot is too stupid to read the owner's manual of his
shiny $25,000 car--and he wants someone to spoon feed him. For free.
Waaaaah. Poor baby.

This being the net, we should give him advice that's worth what he pays
for it. Step 1: pull steering wheel. Step 2:...

 

(Evan) spoke these words in
on 13 Oct 2003:

I have a 2002 Civic and I have to reset the system every time I do an oil
change otherwise that light comes on (longer each time). Check your
manual to find out exactly which button you have to push on your dash and
how long you have to hold it.

It could also be that you really do need your engine checked. Mine starts
off by flashing for 10 secs. Then after a few more thousand km's it
flashes for 10 secs then stays on for another 20. Then after some more
km's it flashes and then stays on permanently. If yours isn't doing that
and has just come on... get it checked.

 

It could also be that you really do need your engine checked. Mine starts

What da hell are you talking about? Maintenance Required light has NOTHING to
do with engine diagnosis. That's what the Check Engine light is for.




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Dose Maintenance Required = check engine = could be trouble

As far as I know, the maintenance required light is based only on the
mileage. I guess that the dealer must be originally setting it to follow the
normal or severe schedule.
Normally, the dealer resets it when they change the oil. If you do it
yourself or not at the dealer, it has to be reset manually and you'd find
out how if you bothered to have a look into the manual you got with your
car, you know that thick book. BTW, it is much faster to find this answer
there than here.

 

What is it with Usenet and rude fockers.

Go put your head back in the toilet you pulled it out of, puke pie.

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64 (DrPimpDaddi) spoke these words in
on 14 Oct 2003:

Sorry...I didn't mean to get your engine checked (I know about the other
light). If no maintenance has been done, and that light is on
permanently, your car is well-overdue to get checked (maintained). If the
maintenance has been done, then the reset button was just not pushed.

And, if that light just comes on, and stays on, without going through all
of the blinking, that could be indicative of another problem? Seeing as
how the manual describes that blinking happening first, I'm not sure what
it would mean if the light just turned on permanently.

--Dave

 

And, if that light just comes on, and stays on, without going through all

This would mean that the mechanism driving the light broken. Since this
light is most probably driven directly by an output (DO) from the ECU. This
would mean a short on the cables or a problem with your ECU, in which case
you'd have a good chance of noticing some more serious problems first.

 

My 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid Owners Manual says that it starts blinking
at 8,000 miles, and comes on solid at 10,000 miles, which it did.
The oil change is scheduled for 10,000 miles, which I had done at a
Honda dealer. When I got it back, the light was reset. The owners
manual describes how to reset it.

 

Exactly.
If it doesn't get reset, with additional mileage, it will stay on for longer
and, eventually, stay always on.

 

In defense of folks who skip the manuals: Many times we open manuals only
to find that they only specify the obvious (e.g. Put the igition key in to
start, etc). In other words, they are useless. If the manual actually does
have real advice on how to take care of these things, my hat's off to Honda.

 

So when something like the "maintenance required" light comes up, you
don't even BOTHER to LOOK at the manual FIRST?

Instead, you post to the Usenet for free help?

There's no defense for folks who skip the manuals. Sure, the manuals
have the basics in them. But that's no reason to skip them, because the
manuals also have the little details in them--tire pressures,
maintenance schedules, all the lights on the dash, how to use the nav
system, etc.

Just because the manual includes where to put the key to start the car
is no excuse for skipping the manual completely. Skipping the manual
and coming to Usenet first is just plain selfish laziness.

 

On many occasions, I have showed a car club friend of mine a feature on
his car that he didn't know about after owning it for three years.
After I showed him, he was amazed of this neat feature. Was kicking
himself in the but for not reading the manual exploring all the
features of the car.

Read your owners manuals. It can be read in a couple hours (if even
that). Why wouldn't you want to know the all features of your car?

 

Because they're selfish and lazy, and would rather come to Usenet.

I'm going to start giving them bogus information that strands them.
"Yeah, sure. Just pop the fusebox cover off and remove..."

 

Because they're selfish and lazy, and would rather come to Usenet.
Maybe it didn't come with the car. Maybe it was lost. Maybe it was destroyed in
the floods. Maybe it was sold on Ebay because they needed a quick $20.

The point is, STFU, asswipe! The whole point of this NG is to share and help
each other. If that's too much damn work for you, don't respond, shithead!

Do you know what Rosie says about liars, they get cancer and die... so go die,
bitch!




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