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Old Mar 7, 2002
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what the crap

does anybody else when they stop the maintaince reguired light flash on for a second?Then it goes off.
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u mean you're driving and at a stop the maintenance light comes on and turns off briefly?
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... or are you talking about the light flashing when you start the engine?
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Are you near 8,000 mi......If it flashes for a while when you start your car,,,,,its cause its leting you know maitenence time is coming up
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yeah, read your manual! hehe. its normal dude. it will flash at 8k miles after the car is started for a few seconds. it will turn on at 10k miles and stay on until it is reset.
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yeah i know that i have like 22 thousand miles on it. i'm talking about when i slam on my brakes real hard
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i think its trying to tell u don't slam the on breaks real hard!!!! haha =)
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