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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 05:51 PM
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Maintenence light

i noticed that the maintenence light was orange today so i got an oil change. that wasnt the problem. now the light is slowly turning red. what is the problem???
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 06:03 PM
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orange!...now red!....the problem is serious!

just kidding....is not a real sensor or anything.....it turns orange after 7500 miles or so....

just a way acura can make you visit them more often....and get a check up...

just insert your key into the maintenance slot to reset it to green.
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 06:06 PM
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hahhahhhhaha, i thouhgt my car was gonna blow up


so is the maintenence slot in the middle of the speedo and rpm gauge?
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 06:13 PM
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should be right next to the maintenace.....wait heres a pic




right under the zero...just one the pics that i saw recently....
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 06:18 PM
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nice nice.....thanks, i thought i was gonna have to shell out big bux.....just got the car yesterday
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 06:40 PM
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when i went to handa to change tranny fluid...they checked my car for me...washed and vacuumed....need new cv boot both outter..oip pan gasket...and so on...
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 06:41 PM
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i never knew there knew there was a maintinance slot on the dash

anywayz thanks for the info now i can finally turned that light off
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 06:48 PM
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me either....learned about it here....when it was a-cl.com
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 06:57 PM
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if it wasn't for this site i wouldn't know anything about my car...
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 07:04 PM
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how much did u pay for all that maintenence shit at honda??
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 07:09 PM
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hey $peed])emon r u on torontoaccords.com too??

im accordvtec98, been there for about a year and its a great site
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 07:13 PM
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ya, i just signed up not too long ago. i like that place cuz there is alot of shit for sale like audio shit, but there is soooo little 2.2 stuff there.
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 07:15 PM
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update: just went to my car and put the key in the whole and it turned off

nice tip buddy
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by $peed])emon
ya, i just signed up not too long ago. i like that place cuz there is alot of shit for sale like audio shit, but there is soooo little 2.2 stuff there.
ya they got alot of good stuff for sale there

there are only like 1 or 2 1st gen CLs there but they rarely post....
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 08:19 PM
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hey Shaggz2Dope thats my gauges!! wow I forgot how nice they looked.
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 08:27 PM
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yeah i was lookin at them a while back...and i need a pic to show Speed...first one came to mind.




EDIT: ooh and dont rub it in on how nice they look...cause they are ..

j/k
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 08:29 PM
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good thing i found this thread my maintance light just turned red outta no where today lol
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 08:31 PM
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red outta nowhere? you mean it went to orange and you didnt do nuthin?
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 08:36 PM
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just clear it.. doesnt mean anything..
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by shineynitelite
just clear it.. doesnt mean anything..
duh.....its been solved...i was just joking around....noobs!
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 09:33 PM
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read your manual. it's in there
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by SilverCL97
ya they got alot of good stuff for sale there

there are only like 1 or 2 1st gen CLs there but they rarely post....
ya i know one of them. the one with the big type r spoiler 3.0 black cl
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Old Mar 31, 2005 | 11:31 PM
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just clear it.. doesnt mean anything..
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Old Apr 1, 2005 | 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Shaggz2Dope
orange!...now red!....the problem is serious!

just kidding....is not a real sensor or anything.....it turns orange after 7500 miles or so....

just a way acura can make you visit them more often....and get a check up...

just insert your key into the maintenance slot to reset it to green.
mine went from orange to red right at 100,000K. pretty obvious...
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