Resetting the Maintaince Light. ive looked at the diy

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Old 01-10-2010, 12:50 AM
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Resetting the Maintaince Light. ive looked at the diy

So i bought a k&n filter on ebay. guy sends the wrong one that doesnt fit on the type-s. I cut around it to make it fit on my car. now it sounds like really loud because 1. it dont fit 2. there is a little gap because the box wont close all the way. So i try resetting the maintaince light with the select & reset. It never works!
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what car is this for?
Old 01-10-2010, 01:06 AM
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apparently it fits on the tl-p(regular tl). I cant return it
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the maintenance light should have nothing to do with how your air filter fits..
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the maitenance light is your oil change reminder and is reset by holding both trip buttons in then turning key to ON- wait for light to flash several times then its reset

for your running problem the air filter box top must fit tight- thats why the rubber seal on the K&N- any air leaks and it may throw a CEL check engine light
you must fix the problem to clear that
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get the right filter. these cars are picky
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take a trip to the nearest parts stores and buy a plain filter
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Pull fuse #12 or 13- whichever says CLOCK on passenger side of cabin- front
put back in- that forced a master reset of the ECU and should clear a CEL if the airbox was the issue
May require use of a code scanner that can also clear codes.. see parts stores for use of theirs
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