AsianRage

I've just noticed today that the Maintenance light blinked for way longer than after the car was turned on. I lowered the car today, and it has around 45K miles. I want to take it to the dealership so they can find out what is causing it.

My question is that would it be covered under the warranty?

I've heard that on the Accord, the light stay on until you have to take it to the dealership and pay them just so they could just unplug some wires....

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For God's sake, do a search on this...

AsianRage

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Are you still confused? This has been posted at least once per week...not that hard.

AsianRage

Well now, the mods can close this thread now if they want.

AsianRage

Kinda, I was having a brain fart and forgot to check out the search feature, even though I was using it the entire morning..

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Ok here...these are from the first page of the search..


https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ntenance+light
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ntenance+light
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https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ntenance+light
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ntenance+light
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fsttyms1

come on now! dont be mean! you were all NOOB's at one time or another! baisicly its a dummy light. read your manual trip-reset- hold turn key to run position, hold for 10 sec light goes off!

slikz

alright, mines just started blinking about 2-3 days ago. so, i have to change the oil? and when talking about changing oil, this is when the regular or synthetic oil kicks in? `cause i`m planning on my next oil change, i`m going to get synthetic oil.

Acuraguy2002

Reading the owners manual usually helps as well lol

fsttyms1

it doesnt mean the oil "needs" to be changed, its just a preset mileage light that acura built into the cr. once reset it starts flashing around the 7500 mile oilchange interval. as for synthetic you can switch over when ever you want to. just drain and fill!

fla-tls

Hey fsttyms1, is it true that the engine automatically senses synthetic engine oil and doubles the amount of time in between maintenance lights?

fsttyms1

not the tl from what i know. mine has always stayed the same. i use the indicator to remind me to check the oil which is around 7000k then i just change it any time after that (usually 2-3k later)

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I hope you are kidding.

And that guy has nearly 400 posts...not NOOB status if you ask me.

fla-tls

Of course I was kidding.

Dry humor - don't you know...

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haha I was with you...just making sure

fsttyms1

AsianRage

Well, the light came on again. I tried to do to reset it several time yet it doesn't go away.

I did my oil change prior to it hitting 50K miles just a month ago and it came on last week. Perhaps you can only do the reset function once?

fsttyms1

your doing it wrong if its not going off. ive reset mine well 176,000 miles worth.

make sure your doing it right. hold both buttons in, THEN while holding them in turn the KEY to the RUN position the position right before the car cranks over(you dont have to start it). hold bot buttons in till the light goes off (about 10 seconds)

AsianRage

I tried that. I hold it until after the light goes off, but then the thermometer reading started to count down -3,-2,-1,1,2,3

fsttyms1

you did it wrong, you pushed in the buttons AFTER you turned the key. you have to push them in BEFORE you turn the key. it makes a difference how you do it

AsianRage

You were right.

Thank you.

timberland73

iTrader: (1)

The maintenance req'd light flashes because the vehicle is do for a service soon. Not an oil change, but an actual service. Air, oil, fuel, tire rotation etc. It comes on and stays on when the service is actually due.

Lawaia

How 'bout next time you