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Old Mar 22, 2002
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greeted by the maint required flashing light

they say its supposed to be 10k but mine seem to come on every 8k,

first at about 8100 miles
second at about 16100 miles
third at about 24050 miles
and today at exatcly 32005 miles

I also keep getting honda coupons, they're just DYING to have my busniess, too bad I do all my own maint [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
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i thought i was supposed to come on at every 8k[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]
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yea it comes on at near 8k as a pre-emptive reminder that you need to get it checked on at 10k
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damn u have a lot of miles on your car!!!
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mine has been flashing for a couple weeks now. I am at about 8,600 miles right now. going in for oil change and maintenace at 9,500 or so.
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yeah I have been ridin around with that light on for a while and i have just tunned it out because im going in for a service soon anyways and it only comes on when the car is on not the engine so I dont even worry about it.
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I have a question about that. What exactly is Honda going to do when i take my car in for a service? And how much is it going to set me back? I had the first light come on but I just turned it off and I get my oil changed and everything so I was just courious. Thanks
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Phatster how many miles? 10k? they dont really do anything more than whats in your owners manual, and there are a few things like fuel filter changes and others that aren't listed that are needed, but at higher intervals than what honda service would like....

for the 30k service they do everything in the book plus adjust the valves.... now, i've never owned a car that needed the valves done at 30k new......... but if your valves are a bit noisy just fix them if you want, take it in, or do what I will do.... leave it slightly noisy (a slightly noisy valve is a happy valve)
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i just had my 10k maintenance done... just an fyi for everyone else, the light comes on at 8k and will blink for a longer period of time up until 10k, when it comes on constant. as far as i know, they do an oil change, check all your fluids, check your breaks, rotate and align your tires... i'm pretty sure that's it. i can double check my invoice if you want to know for sure... oh and its around 95 bucks...[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/IMG]
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screw them. My uncle is a mechanic and has me put it on the lift and shows me whats wrong and has me fix anything thats wrong anyway...nothing too difficult though...just rotate and balance tires and check brakes...I did pull out my power stearing pump and altrenator with a little help from him though. I was kinda proud of that. =)
 
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