Please forgive me if this has already been asked. I looked through the forum & didn't see it. I have an 07 Accord EX-L. We've had it since December, & my husband changed my oil about a month ago before he deployed. It was at roughly 15% oil life then. He couldn't figure out how to reset it, so we figured maybe it would reset itself, maybe it had a sensor or something. A month later it still hasn't reset itself. It's now showing -1 & 300-something whenever I crank it up. I'm wondering if I'm going to have to take it back to the dealership & have them reset it, or if I'm just completely lost & it's something simple that I haven't noticed yet.

 

I don't know how to reset it on your car, but I am sure that information is in the owners manual.

 

I didn't see anything about it in the manual, but I'll look through it again to be sure. Thanks.

 

If you mean the check engine light, a really simple way to resest is to pull the neg. battery cable, leave it off for about a minute (need to clear the computer) and install the cable. That should clear it for you!

 

Hi Mirgladd,

Try reseting the maintenance minder as follows:

Turn the ignition switch to the ON (II) position.
Press the Select/Reset knobrepeatedly until the engine oil lifeis displayed.
Press the Select/Reset **** forabout 10 seconds. The informationdisplay shows the resetmode
initial display (as shown in manual).
Select the ‘‘OIL LIFE’’ indicator by turning the Select/Reset ****.
The display begins to blink. Push the same **** to enter this setting.
The engine oil life and the maintenance item code(s) will begin to blink.
Push the Select/Reset **** and hold to reset. (make sure to hold)
The maintenance item code(s) will disappear, and the engine oil life will reset to ‘‘100.’’

 

That oil-life display does NOT actually measure anything about the oil, it just keeps track of time & miles & temperature & a bunch of other stuff. The display was at 15% when the oil was changed, but it wasn't reset. You have used 15% or 20% of the new oil, & NOW you reset the counter.

Since the new oil was already down to 85% or 80% before you reset the oil-life, next time you should change the oil when it gets down to 20% or 30%, don't wait for the warning light to come on. Then reset the oil-life when you change it.