Starting this morning my maintenance light flashes 5 times when I start my car... any ideas?

 

read teh manual

The Maint required light its in your manual on how to reset it. Its just a dummy light that means nothing. Its supposed to be reset at every oil change and is preset for the 7500 mile oilchange interval.
With the car off,Press and hold the Trip and Reset light with 1 hand, while holding them BOTH in turn your key to the RUN position (not start but run) and continue to hold them in till they turn off. It takes about 10 seconds.
If you turn the key and then press teh buttons in you will change the Outside Temp settings

 

Thanks fattyms1, I misplaced my owners manual sometime after my accident and haven't found it, or I would have checked hehe. I'll reset it.