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oil life light still hanging around
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after your last service you're not alone
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on Hondas that maintenance required or
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oil life message won't go away until you
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reset it no matter how fresh your oil is
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hey I'm Tom from Car Justify i've been
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servicing Hondas for years and today
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I'll walk you through exactly how to
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reset the oil life or service reminder
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on most Honda vehicles no fluff just
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what you need to know to get it done
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all right first thing honda uses two
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types of systems depending on your model
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and year if your car has a basic setup
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like an older Civic or Accord you'll see
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something like maintenance required
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blinking on the dash if it's a newer
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model with a digital info screen you'll
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see an oil life percentage that counts
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down as you drive let's start with the
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newer ones like 2008 and up especially
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if you have a maintenance minder system
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these cars usually have steering wheel
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buttons or a select reset button on the
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dash sit in the driver's seat turn the
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ignition to the on position engine off
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just the dash lights on now look at the
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screen that shows your mileage or trip
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info use the steering wheel arrows or
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the toggle button if it's an older model
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to scroll through until you see oil life
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it'll probably show something like 15%
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once you're on that screen press and
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hold the enter or select reset button
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hold it for about 10 seconds the screen
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should flash or give you an option to
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reset if it asks reset oil life go ahead
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and press enter again to confirm
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after a few seconds it should say oil
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life 100% or show that the reset was
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successful that means the reminder's
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been cleared now if your Honda doesn't
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have a screen just the standard odometer
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you'll use the trip reset button same
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idea key on engine off press the trip
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button until it shows the oil life or
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maintenance code then press and hold
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that same button for 10 to 15 seconds
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when it starts blinking let go for a
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second then press and hold again until
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it resets some models like the Fit older
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CRVS or Elements may show a code like A1
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or B2 on the screen that just means
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which service items are due the reset
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process is the same and if your car uses
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a push button start just press the start
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button twice without your foot on the
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brake that puts it in accessory mode
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which is the same as keyon now one
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important thing resetting the oil life
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is only for when the oil and filter have
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actually been changed don't just clear
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it to get rid of the light that system
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is tied to real maintenance intervals
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based on how you drive not just mileage
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also if you're getting other reminders
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like for tire rotation brake fluid or
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air filter those come through the same
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system when you reset oil life it clears
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the whole maintenance reminder
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to recap turn the ignition on engine off
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navigate to the oil life screen press
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and hold the reset or enter button
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confirm the reset when prompted
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verify it shows 100% oil life and that's
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it you're done in under 2 minutes no
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scanner needed just a couple of buttons
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and a little patience
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if this helped you get that service
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light off your dash and made sure your
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