How To: Reset Honda Civic Oil Life 1996-2022 with Videos

Date: 02-26-2022

Below are some instructions and videos to help you reset the maintenance or oil life indicator on your Honda Civic. Whether you changed your oil yourself, or the garage you took your Civic to forgot to reset the maintenance light, these should help. 

 

Reset Oil Life on a 2022+ Honda Civic

Reset "Maintenance Required" light on your dashboard:

  1. Start the car
  2. Click Home on the steering wheel to dismiss any warning
  3. Scroll up or down with the scroll wheel on the steering wehel and select "Maintenance" and push to select it
  4. On the oil life screen press and hold the scroller button
  5. Scroll through menu to select "All Due Items" (which is for oil change only) and push to select it
  6. Your oil life should now show "Oil Life 100%"

Reset Oil Life on a 2016-2021 Honda Civic

Reset "Maintenance Due Now" on your dashboard:

  1.  Push engine start button twice (you don't need to start the car)
  2. Click the info button on the steering wheel until the oil life screen comes up
  3. Hold down the enter button on the steering wheel for about 10 seconds until the reset list appears
  4. Scroll through menu to select "Item A Only" (which is for oil change only)
  5. Hold down the enter button until it shows "Reset Complete"
  6. Your oil life should now show "Oil Life 100%"

Reset Oil Life on a 2012-2015 Honda Civic

Reset "Service Due Now" on your dashboard:

  1. Turn the car to ignition 2 by turning the key without starting the vehicle
  2. Push the Info button on the steering wheel to clear the alert
  3. Push the Menu button on the steering wheel
  4. Scroll to "Vehicle Information" and push the Source button to select it
  5. Select "Maintenance Info" and push the Source button to select it
  6. Select "B: Oil & Filter" and push the Source button, confirm by selecting "Yes"
  7. Your oil life should now show "Oil Life 100%"

Reset Oil Life on a 2006-2011 Honda Civic

Reset "Service" and maintenance light on your dashboard:

  1. Turn the car to ignition 2 by turning the key without starting the vehicle
  2. Hold the SEL/RESET button to the left of the steering wheel until all text in the Service notice under the speedometer starts flashing
  3. Let go of the button and press and hold it again until it stops flashing
  4. Your oil life should now show "Oil Life 100%" and the orange maintenance light (wrench) to the left is gone

Reset Oil Life on a 2001-2005 Honda Civic

Reset "Maintenance Required" light on your dashboard:

 

  1. Press and hold the button to the right of your odometer while the vehicle is off
  2. Continue to hold the button and turn the car to ignition 2 by turning the key without starting the vehicle
  3. In about 5-10 seconds the "MAINT REQ'D" should stop blinking and clear

Reset Oil Life on a 1996-2000 Honda Civic

Reset "Maintenance Required" light on your dashboard:

  1. Push your key into the slot to the left of the "Maintenance Required" light
  2. This will reset the light back to green