So I'm doing 130mph down the FL turnpike...

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Old 05-23-2005, 11:03 AM
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So I'm doing 130mph down the FL turnpike...

2am last night coming back from Orlando. Now it's totaly dark, no cars around, I have my dash lighting low. About 30 min in, I see this bright yellow dash light come on, I slam on the brakes. Scared the hell out of me. First thought was OMG I broke soemthing, then I looked a little closer & it was that stupid Maintance required light. It's been blinking for some time on startup. I know it stays lit after it hits the 7500 or so mile mark. I didn't know it could stay lit as your moving. What a dumb design!

Is it a bulb or an led? Since I can't disable it, I want to take the light out.
Old 05-23-2005, 11:07 AM
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dude calm down

hold down the two buttons on your desh above the key SEL and RESET ? I forget the names. While holding them down together start the car. The light will reset and not come on again till 7500
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I SO miss driving in Florida!! Frickin granny shifting traffic in the NYC/NJ area is 24/7.

Sorry for the
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I know, I pulled over last night & reset it. But I want to disable it forever.
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Old 05-23-2005, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by fuzzy02CLS
I know, I pulled over last night & reset it. But I want to disable it forever.
no reason to get hostile. just reset it when you do your oil change. i never see mine.
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Old 05-23-2005, 05:36 PM
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Leave fuzzy alone you dumb fucks, he isnt being hostile, you can consider me being hostile, so go fuck off
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Originally Posted by Renegade
Leave fuzzy alone you dumb fucks, he isnt being hostile, you can consider me being hostile, so go fuck off
:shakehead


Dude! Change your oil already! I can see it now, you're driving along, doing oh, I don't know, 147mph maybe and all of the sudden There goes the CL... "Damn! Should have changed my oil!" you say to yourself!
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Originally Posted by Renegade
Leave fuzzy alone you dumb fucks, he isnt being hostile, you can consider me being hostile, so go fuck off
Sounds like you need a hug...
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You guys try driving that fast for an extended period of time in the darkness of night then having this BRIGHT yellow light pop on from the dash, while driving in the middle of no where with a dead cell phone & no charger 200 miles from home all while your tired cause you haven't sleep for God knows how long.


The idiot light doesn't take in to account 5K mile oil changes....

So anyone know if I can pull a fuse, or cut a wire that will disable it?
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those silly things get people all the time. My CEL light blinks on and off (for no reason apparently) every now and again and it'll catch me off guard too.

-Alex
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Originally Posted by Renegade
Leave fuzzy alone you dumb fucks, he isnt being hostile, you can consider me being hostile, so go fuck off
sounds like someone has a case of the "Monday's".
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Haha driving 130mph for an extended period of time with no sleep.

AFAIK, you can't disable it. Just keep resetting it.
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Get rid of it by pulling the LED out of the dash for the Maint reqrd lite, it'll never bother you again.
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Originally Posted by fuzzy02CLS
You guys try driving that fast for an extended period of time in the darkness of night then having this BRIGHT yellow light pop on from the dash, while driving in the middle of no where with a dead cell phone & no charger 200 miles from home all while your tired cause you haven't sleep for God knows how long.


The idiot light doesn't take in to account 5K mile oil changes....

So anyone know if I can pull a fuse, or cut a wire that will disable it?
That is not funny- but really it is funny. I can see myself freakin the hell out too mane. I could imagine that and stll being sane. They have alligator and stuff there too. lol Glad u maintained composure
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I know this may sound simple, but if you look in your owner's manual it tells how to reset the Maint. Req'd light. I'm pretty sure all you have to do is shut the car off, turn it on and hold in the reset and the other button(can't remember what it is offhand, right next to the guages) for like 20 secs and it resets the light. It's really no big deal and it only takes about 30 secs total to reset it. Mine freaked me out the first time it came on and i looked in the manual to see what it was for and how to reset it. It's been off ever since.
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Really????? Hint... read first post above
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nah just do a bulbectomy.
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