maintenance required light

Does anyone know how to cancel or reset the orange mait. req. light on the
dash panel 2000 Honda accord ex. The car only has 12,500 miles on it and I
dont think maint. is required until 15,000. Thanks Dave

 

It is all in the owners manual. Get it out and read it if you can read....

 

The maintenance light comes on at (I believe) 10,000 km for us up here. The
'how do I do this' to your vehicle answers, are in the Owners Manual, as
well as other interesting points and information.

 

Maintenance required means "oil change due" If its just coming on now, I
would guess that you had the dealer do an oil change at around 4,000 miles
and you've been doing them yourself ever since?

The procedure varies from model to model, but you will find directions on
how to reset the light in the owner's manual.

 

Its probably a reminder for an oil change. It comes on in increments of 3750
miles. I had a1998 Accord and if I remember correctly you press and hold the
trip-meter reset button down before turning the key to the on position.
Keep the button depressed until lamp goes out.
If this doesn't work read the owners manual - maintenance section.

 

You HAD to give it away.

Seriously, how hard is it to read the owner's manual? The procedure is
described in there for any type of car.

Cosmin

 

It takes less time to look it up in the Owners Manual, than it does to post
a question here and then read what it says in the Owners Manual. But,
now-a-days, most people are to lazy to do anything for themselves. It's a
wonder these people even purchase cars, because then they have to drive the
cars, themselves.

 

UUhhh, maybe he doesn't HAVE the owners manual. It never ceases to amaze
me...someone comes on here looking for a little help, and all they get are a
bunch of smart-ass answers!! By the way, MJC is right on how to clear it.

 

UUhhh, maybe he should have said that.

 

Yes, he does.

It never ceases to amaze me, and others here, when someone comes here
asking questions about his brand new car (like, "when should I change
the oil," or "I've had it for 2 days and the check engine light is on,
can anyone help tell me what the problem is so I can fix it") and
expects to be SPOON FED the answers that are PLAINLY in his owner's
manual.

 

When this guy posted his question, I went out and got the owner's manual
from the 2000 TL just to see how hard it is to find. It is NOT listed in
the index. It is NOT in the maintenance section. I had to go page by page
through the book until I found it in the "Gauges" section.

While I agree wholeheartedly that one should look first in the book that
came with the car when unexpected things crop up, I can also state with
certainty that it is much faster to post the question, wade though the rants
of the those ticked off because you had the audacity to ask the question,
and wait for the answer, than it is to find it in the book.

You guys seem to forget that this indicator is a Honda quirk that does not
exist in most other cars. The first occurrence of it to a new Honda owner
would send most people to a mechanic, not the owner's manual.

 

Why should he? He posted a reasonable question that should have gotten a
reasonable answer from someone who knows. It is the height of arrogance
that you people think he should have justified himself to your great deities
in order to get an answer to his question. These groups are quickly
becoming useless because of this self-righteous crap.

 

No, he came here asking to be spoon-fed information that (a) is in his
owner's manual, and/or (b) can be found inside of 3 seconds by using
Google.

 

But you should have read the book in the first place. When you spend
that kind of money, you should bother to read the owner's manual to know
how to use the thing.

And it's not just "rants of those ticked off" that one has to wade
through; one must ALSO wade through all sorts of wrong information.
Such is the nature of the net.

So suppose the wrong information causes this guy damage. What now?

My favorite so far this year is the guy whose 2 day old car got a check
engine light, and he comes to Usenet asking what causes it and how to
fix it.

It's people like that, people who are afraid of "the system," that are
prey for the storefront check cashing places.