Instruments - Additional Maintenance Minder Information
The Maintenance Minder System: Another LookNOTE:
This article applies to '06 Accords, '06 Civics, '05-06 Odysseys (all models except Touring), '06 Pilots, '06 Ridgelines, and '06 S2000s. In the September '05 issue of ServiceNews, we told you all about the maintenance minder system (see the article "Taking the Mystery Out of the Maintenance Minder System"). There are a couple of more things we need to mention about this system.
Maintenance Minder Indicator - Unlike the MAINT REQ'D indicator found in models without the maintenance minder system, this indicator is an icon (it's an amber-colored wrench) instead of text. And, because it uses a different logic from the MAINT REQ'D indicator, you'll never see it blink.
Here's how the logic works for the maintenance minder indicator:
Negative Mileage Display - If the oil life drops to 0% and you just ignore it, the engine oil life display starts clicking off the number of miles past the point the oil life reached 0%. How negative mileage is displayed and when it's displayed depends on what model and trim level you're looking at, so check the appropriate O/M for details. Regardless of the model, though, when you turn the ignition switch to ON (II), the 0% and negative mileage shown starts blinking as a reminder to get that oil changed ASAP.