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Old Jul 5, 2021 | 10:09 PM
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Hi. I understand I can reset maintenance minder for replacing oil. But what if I or a garage (non-dealership) performs other maintenance flush as coolant flush or transmission flush? Can I reset the maintenance minder w/o resetting just the oil life?

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Old Jul 5, 2021 | 11:14 PM
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Resetting of individual maintenance items can only be done with Honda Diagnostic System (HDS). HDS is Honda' proprietary hardware/software.

Without HDS, when resetting the Maintenance Minder for oil, it will also reset other maintenance minder code(s) shown at the time.

To me it is not a big deal, if other services were already done before or will be done shortly after reset.
 
Old Jul 6, 2021 | 08:38 PM
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Ok thanks.
One other Q - I dont see any codes at the moment but my car has >45K miles and I dont have any records (via carfax) of a coolant service (45K miles) or transmission fluid replacement (3 yrs/30K miles per Honda dealership)... Recommend I just wait for the code to come up or take it into a garage and pay fee for them to check if these services need to be done.
 
Old Jul 6, 2021 | 08:51 PM
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Since the car has over 45K miles and it is about 4 years old, and there are no known service records of the coolant or transmission fluid changed, I would just change them for piece of mind and as maintenance.

I actually change most of the maintenance items on my cars at regular intervals, and don't follow the maintenance minder. But, that's just me.
 
Old Jul 6, 2021 | 09:06 PM
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Agreed on peace of mind, thanks. Maybe I need to reread the maintenance section of the manual but I really dont recall seeing mention of what the maintenance intervals should be for the various services needed.
 
Old Jul 6, 2021 | 09:14 PM
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Oh, and does replacing transmission fluids every 30K miles sound right? Dealer was charging $295 which sounded like it was something more involved, like a transmission flush (which I understand isnt until 90k miles). Perhaps replacing transmission fluids is just more expensive than I thought.
 
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