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hey guys...
well i went to Honda today...

the malfunction indicator lamp went on...
I have seached, and have read everything, and done everything (click gas cap 3 times, etc)

the seach i did on this

and the lady told me just to check it would be $325...
is said... it's still under warranty, she said the malfunction indicator lamp, is not covered by your warranty...


WTF???????????????????????

i did an about face and walked away...........

i guess i have to reset my ECU or what???
should i disconect the battery???

please help!
thanks,
kevin

 
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read the car manual if you have it should cover resetting the ECU

 
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i just disconnected the negative cable from the battery...

and reconnected it, but to no avail....
NOTHING! the friken light is still on!

i dont beleive that anything is wrong with my car, some people might say, take it anyways, but my fuel economy is great, no problems, car runs excellent.

i think im gonna go back to Honda durring lunch, and talk to a service GUY! and maybe reason with the guy....

if anyone can please spare me the trouble of driving 15 miles, and see what i could do to reset it!

remember, "malfunction indicator light"

thanks
kevin

 
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thanks punking...im gonna check that out now...

 
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where can i find in the manual.... "ECU"?

under what?

 
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found how to reset ecu.... will try it now

 
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FIXED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i reset the ECU, and that was that!, easy, and nobody helped me, except punking....

so if any of you have this problem, look for the tread to "reset ECU",

and you are set

$ = FREE
time = 20 minutes

and HONDA wanted to charge me $325! HA!

 
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ohh and thanks to all the helpful posts about this problem...

you can lock this now if you mods want!

 
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f*cen honda.

 
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Just to make sure to reset. Take off the negitive side and the ecu fuse. also let it set for 30mins and then reconnect. if something is really wrong, your indicator will come right back on. It should be under your warrenty, i think they are full of crap. Mine came on and they checked it twice for free.

 
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whooo i just got the same problem...i was practicing driving stick on my (sloped) driveway, and i felt the car start sputtering and about to stall. Then something weird happened like, the gauges looked like it stalled but i still heard the engine on for a second or two. Then the engine went off (stalled). Now the malfunction indicator light is on, i haven't refueled my engine yet since i just bought the car and it was still full, and i checked my oil level and everything so i'm gonna go reset my ECU and see if it comes back on...hopefully it doesn't. Thanks for the information on how to reset your ECU!

 
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Lady was smoking some of the best stuff around, no doubt about it.

It takes 30 seconds to plug a OBDII reader into the car and 5 minutes to either read the code and diagnose its causes or 5 minutes to simply reset it if it was a driving error.

I do this everyday and I guarantee you that 325 dollars is a complete rip off. And it is covered under warranty unless you did something to damage the car, i.e. installed something like an air filter system and forgot to hook up something.

 
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WHOO HOO...it never came back on!!! =D But i still wonder what i did to have made it come on, but oh well it still never came back on so that means nothing major happend!