ok, my moms 02 civic has the light on that says maint. reqrd. She doesnt want to take it to the steealership to turn off a light. I cought word about a way to reset the ecm so it will turn off? I have no clue, any help on how to do it myself would be cool, i disconnected the battery for 25 or so min and that - of course- didnt do anything, so yeah thats it thanks...
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no, unfortunately it doesnt have that, its electronic, i ran into the threads about the key-push-buton-reset thingy you 6th geners have but this is different....yikes! damn evil corporate America!!!
(Ref. Owner's Manual pages 67-68) The maintenance required light in our dash is a reminder to bring the car in for scheduled maintenance (every 10,000 miles). The light will flash after start up for 10 seconds once you are 2000 miles from the car's scheduled maintenance. Once you pass the scheduled maintencance mark (every 10,000 miles) without having the maintenanced performed and/or the light reset by the dealer, it will remain on forever unless reset. To reset it yourself, press and hold down the odometer button as you start your car. Continue holding it for 10 seconds and the light will reset itself. You DO NOT have to take the car in for it to be reset. Scheduled maintenance is like oil/filter changes, belts, etc. Look in your owner's manual (pages 194-198).
i just took my 04 ex in for one of those scheduled maintenance (see side note) and that light came on...it's just a reminder light, no reason to get worked up...just letting you know it's about time for a checkup is all
Note: why is it that labor costs at the dealer are so f@cking high...it's highway robbery...out of a 300 dollar bill for servicing, 215 bucks was for labor...WTF?...damn thing only took like 2 hours...is there some flat rate regardless of time for scheduled maintenances or something??
signed,
Never taking my car in for maintenace again unless something is really broke and not even then if it's my fault
AKA Civic-Duty
Note: why is it that labor costs at the dealer are so f@cking high...it's highway robbery...out of a 300 dollar bill for servicing, 215 bucks was for labor...WTF?...damn thing only took like 2 hours...is there some flat rate regardless of time for scheduled maintenances or something??
signed,
Never taking my car in for maintenace again unless something is really broke and not even then if it's my fault
AKA Civic-Duty
thank you thats all i was looking for
No s**t, thats why I was so "worked up" as you say, Ive been doing scheduled matinance since i was 10 its just that the light was getting anoying, thanks again
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bwahahahaShiznit said:it was already solved in this thread. plus on top of that this thread has been dead for over a month. lastly why did you post a pic of your car? do you not know how to put that pic in your sig?
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i have a 7th gen and it does have the button!!!
"the button"??? first of all the last few posts wouldnt have HELPED me, but since this post is old, and it has already been fixed...., ie you should read all the posts before posting...Powershift said:
then what button are you referring to?7th gen civics have only an odometer trip button. if you are referring to the buttons that the 6th gen civics have that you slide your key into to reset, im sure you donot have one...because as you stated you have a 7th gen.... man this post was very resurected by dumb non readers...
PROBLEM SOLVED 2 months ago!
edit: thanks again, single_cam_ham for the help....
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calm down bro. I think he was referring to that as a button seeing as it is what you use to reset the light. Anyway, it's over now. Just try to be a little more understanding in the future.OVNi_CIVIC said:
but it's off now.