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if your oil lights's been on in your
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Honda Civic and you've already changed
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the oil don't worry that light doesn't
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turn off by itself you've got to reset
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the oil life manually and it's actually
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a lot easier than most people think i'm
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Tom from Car Justify and I've helped
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tons of drivers with this exact issue
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whether you've got a newer Civic with a
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touchscreen or an older model with just
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a basic dash display I'll walk you
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through it step by step you don't need
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any tools just a minute or two and maybe
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a little patience the first time all
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right so first off your Honda's
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maintenance minder system is smart but
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it doesn't know when you've changed the
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oil unless you tell it that oil life
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percentage you see on the dash is
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calculated based on engine conditions
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things like temperature speed and
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mileage once you've changed the oil
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you've got to go in and reset that
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percentage back to 100 otherwise it'll
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keep warning you even though the oil's
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fresh if you've got a model with a touch
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screen like from 2016 and up turn the
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car to the on position without starting
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the engine then hit home go into
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settings tap vehicle then maintenance
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info and you'll see the oil life there
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tap it and then hit reset it'll ask you
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to confirm and once you do boom you're
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set now if you're working with an older
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Civic say 2008 to 2015 you'll use the
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trip button start with the car off press
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and hold the trip reset button then turn
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the key to the on position again don't
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start the engine keep holding that
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button for about 10 seconds until the
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oil light starts blinking let go then
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press and hold it again for about 5
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seconds and that should reset it back to
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100% just make sure you're not in trip A
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or trip B mode when you start it needs
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to be on the odometer screen
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if you did everything right and it still
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doesn't reset don't panic make sure the
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car is in the right mode on but not
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running and that you're holding the
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button long enough it can take a few
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seconds longer on some models if your
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Civic has steering wheel controls
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instead you'll use the menu button to
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scroll through to vehicle settings go to
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maintenance reset and follow the prompts
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from there and just to clear it up
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resetting oil life doesn't change your
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oil obviously it just tells the car that
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you've done it so it stops nagging you
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make sure you're only resetting it after
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an actual oil change not just to clear
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the light that way you're keeping your
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engine healthy and not running on old
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oil longer than you should so to wrap it
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up turn the car to on get into the
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maintenance menu for your model and
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follow the steps to reset the oil life
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back to 100 simple as that once you've
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done it a couple times if this helped
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