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Toyota-Lexus-Subaru-Honda Maintenance Required Light2022-11-10T20:24:43+00:00
Toyota-Lexus-Subaru-Honda Maintenance Required Light
Toyota Maintenance Required Light: This light comes on to remind you to change your oil. It comes on 5,000 miles after the last time it was reset.
This light comes on strictly as a function of those miles; it has no way of knowing whether your oil has or hasn’t been changed in the interim, and it never, ever is an indication of something being wrong.
Sometimes shops neglect to reset the maintenance-required meter if the light doesn’t happen to be on yet when they are changing the oil. Many quick-lube shops simply don’t know how to reset it.
The maintenance-required light is easy to reset. On most Toyotas you simply:
- Turn the key to the on position.
- Next, determine that the odometer reading is displayed. (For some models, it’s the trip-meter “A” that you want to be displaying.)
- Then turn the key back off.
- Now push and hold the reset button for the trip meters. (Same button as used to navigate between the odometer and the two trip meters.)
- Finally, while continuing to depress the reset button, turn the key back to the “on” position, but not so far as the “start” position. The odometer display should come up with a series of dashes that disappear one by one. When they’ve all disappeared, a series of zeros will display. Continue holding the reset button until all of the zeros clear and the odometer (or trip meter “A”) reading returns.
The maintenance-required light should be off, and the vehicle will now be counting toward the next 5,000 interval, at which time it will turn on again.
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What does the maintenance required light mean?
The last couple of times I have turned my car on, a light starts flashing on my dashboard with the words ‘maintenance required’. My vehicle seems to be running fine but I don’t want to ignore the light in case it's something serious. What does the maintenance required light mean?
The flashing maintenance required light is simply notifying you that your vehicle is due for maintenance. The light will illuminate after a certain amount of time has passed since your car last had maintenance or in accordance with how far the car has been driven.
In most instances, this light signals that your car is in need of an oil change. After your car has been brought in for maintenance, the maintenance data will be reset for you.
However, if you need to reset the system yourself to turn off the light, you can follow these steps:
Turn the “ENGINE START STOP” switch with the trip meter reading shown Press the trip meter reset button and turn the “ENGINE START STOP” switch Continue to press and hold the button until the trip meter displays 000000
You can continue to drive your vehicle when the maintenance light comes on, but keep in mind you are driving at your own risk by failing to receive the scheduled or recommended service.
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