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I just purchased a 2009 LX. I was reading thru the owner's manual and it seems that the maintenance (oil change, air filter change, etc) is determined by a light on the dash. Is the duration between oil changes (and other maintenance) based on car mileage or are there other things factored into all this? Also, the list seems kind of short; no fuel filter change out, no timing belt. Do I need to adjust to all this or is there another source of more conventional maintenance based on mileage??

 
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with regular oil i recommend every 5k miles or 5 months for oil changes. ignore the dash light. timing belt will be fine upto 100k miles thats true, same with fuel filter. its not like the older hondas.

 
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dont the newer honda civics have a timing chain for i-vtec? the R engine i'm questioning b/c i know the K have them.

 
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yeah newer ones have the chain. so maybe its more like 150k.

 
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In addition to the "light on the dash" your odometer will also tell you how much life is left in your current oil. My 2009 civic owner's manual states:
I just did my first oil change on my Civic. I had just over 7K and still had 15% oil life left. Normally I wait until 10% on my wife's Fit, but I had the time this weekend to take care of it, so I did.

 
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Its the maintenance minder system, it measures oil viscosity to determine when it needs to be changed, so there is 100% no harm in waiting for the dash light, youll never run into an issue getting your dealer service according to the dash lights. We had a civic get 13,000 km before an oil change (im Canadian heh).

But yea the codes represent different services, it tells you when to do air filters, oil changes and everything.