YACT: how do you turn off the maint req light? UPDATE know how to fix it now.

[OutHouse]

it came on yesterday and i just spoke with a dealer and they said it comes on every 5,000 miles. Its for the idiots who dont keep track of their car maint.

I do my own oil changes and tire rotations and will not have a dealer do it and spend 100 bucks for it. Does anybody know how i can reset the light?

 

[GasX]

put the car up on jackstands and leave it out in an electrical storm...

 

That is a industry secret, it's gonna cost you.

 

[OutHouse]

let me guss, pull a fuse and reset it?

 

[Vic]

My old Integra had that stupid light. Came on every 7,500 miles. As if I don't know how to maintain a car or as if I'm gonna pay my dealer all the time for simple, routine maintenance. :roll:
Anyway, check your owners manual, but there is probably a little push button under the steering column someplace, probably near the OBDII diagnostic plug-in.

 

[OutHouse]

ok ill check it out.

 

[HiTek21]

i dunno if its the same for toyota but on my Legend theres a little slot where you stick the key in and it resets the maint light.

 

[MichaelD]

On my 1999 Accord, you turned the key ON-OFF three times while holding in the tripmeter reset button. It said it right in the owners manual.

When the light came on in my 2001 Trooper, I looked in the manual. Nothing. Tried whatever I could think of. Nothing.

Took it into the dealer. Bad O2 sensor. Fixed under warranty. Never did ask them how to turn it off. I think in some vehicles you must hook up the diagnostic analyzer to shut it off. Don't have one of those!!! ($$$$$)

 

[JulesMaximus]

Some cars have a reset tool you plug in. I know my wife's old BMW did. Why don't you just call the service department and ask them?

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Some cars have a reset tool you plug in. I know my wife's old BMW did. Why don't you just call the service department and ask them?

*tsk* CMon, man! You KNOW they are going to say "That requires a specialized Flux Capacitor Memory Bank Blanking Tool; it's very expensive and you need training to use it. Why don't you bring it in and we'll have a look at it?"

:roll:

 

[OutHouse]

just got back from the dealer. here is how to do it.

with the car off. make sure the on the odometer is showing the odometer not the A or B trip counter. Press and hold the reset then turn the car on. a series of 4 bars will show on the odometer that count down, when the count down is done the Maint Req light is reset.

and that was not in my owners manual.