Hello everyone, I’m here again. Did you stop by here because you got a maintenance warning light on your Honda Civic? Don’t worry. We’re going to do a full walkthrough on resetting the oil life or maintenance light on this Honda Civic.
So this will be the first time for doing an oil life reset on the Civic, but I’ve done them on other previous cars. So bear with this. I know what I’m doing, but this will be my first time experiencing this car. So it’ll be easy because you can do it too, just like us. So let’s check this out.
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This section will show you three easy methods to reset your oil life or maintenance minder back to a hundred percent in your tenth generation of Honda Civic. This is a 2016 Honda Civic EX, but the process should be very similar in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, or even 2021.
So the first method we’re going to show you for resetting your oil life is on the instrument cluster screen.
Time needed: 3 minutes
This section will show you how to reset your maintenance minder for your oil life on a Honda Civic. Here we will use the navigation buttons on the steering wheel to do this. So the first thing you’re going to need to do is:
Push the START button twice to get all the ignition on but you don’t need to start the car up
Hit the INFO button on the steering wheel a couple of times until the Spanner screen comes up
Hit enter and here you will see the Oil Life along with maintenance items due
And then from the Oil Life screen hold down the ENTER button for about 10 seconds or so to make the back screen switch over to the Maintenance Reset screen
From here you can scroll through there are all sorts of item codes that you could reset. A is the code for an oil change. So that’s what you’re gonna want to reset. You can also reset all do items if needed.
This section will show you how to reset the maintenance light on the eleventh generation of the Honda Civic. There are 2 ways to reset for this generation because there are 2 types of screens. So let’s dive into it and show you exactly how to reset the oil life on your new 2022 Honda Civic.
For your info, this operation work for the tenth and eleventh generations of the Honda Civic (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 model years). For the older model, you can reach it here.
So here we are back in the car again. What we’re going to do now is we’re going to go over the maintenance minder system. Honda no long has a recommended maintenance time/mileage schedule. Instead, Honda created the Maintenance Minder system to show the engine oil life in the information display.
That’s the new system that Honda has designed in the vehicles to tell you when to come into the dealership to have service done to your car. Also, to keep repair facilities honest when dealing with you to ensure you’re not being sold something you don’t need.
When it’s time to do an oil change on your car, the lights will illuminate and stay on the dashboard for you. You don’t need it if it’s not showing up on your dashboard. Your vehicle’s fine, and there’s nothing wrong with your car. Don’t be had by anybody; you don’t have your vehicle’s friend. The maintenance minder system is your friend. It’s designed to keep you to be economical with your car and to keep your vehicle operating at its optimum level.
Here’s an explanation of what the maintenance minder codes mean. For example, my Civic came up with A1; this tells me if the next maintenance due was A1. The manual explains that A for the oil change and 1 for rotating tires. I’ve done both of those, so I reset them.
The engine oil and filter, tires, brake fluid, and air filter replacement are all indicated by the Honda Civic service code B127. The B stands for oil and filter changes, the 1 stands for tire rotation, the 2 stands for air filter replacement, and the 7 stands for brake fluid replacement.
For the most part, Honda Civic owners should use 0W-20 full synthetic oil in their cars’ engines. Because it has less contaminants, full synthetic engine oil provides higher performance in your vehicle’s engine than conventional motor oil does.
A different oil capacity is required for each of the 2019 Honda Civic’s two engine choices, all of which are offered. A 2.0l engine requires 4.4 quarts of oil, but the 1.5l engine can only store 3.7 quarts; therefore, be sure you use full synthetic engine oil for your vehicle.
From $5 to $24 per bottle. If you have a service professional or mechanic do the work, anticipate spending $62 to $135. You may also want to buy a $1 to $3 funnel to avoid spillage.
Oil changes should be performed every 5500 miles, tire rotations every 5500 miles, air filters every 60,000 miles, and brake fluid every 30,000 miles, according to the manufacturer’s recommendations.
So that’s how you do the Honda Civic Oil Reset. I hope this helps you out. You can leave any questions or comments below, and I’d be more than happy to help you out. Thanks for checking it out. Until next time, cheers!
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