# Honda Civic Oil Change Message

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-oil-change-message/126019>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** honda\
**Created:** [October 1, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-oil-change-message/126019 "2018-10-01T18:45:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Katherine\_DeKeyser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Katherine\_DeKeyser](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Katherine_DeKeyser)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-oil-change-message/126019/1 "2018-10-01T18:45:57Z")

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I currently drive a 2005 Honda Civic. And a little while ago the wrench light came on, and my dash screen read that I needed to service my oil. With a percentage that it said the oil life was at. So we changed it. The oil filter too, whole shi-bang. But the message and the wrench never went away. The percentage kept going down, and now it reads “Service” and shows a negative mileage counter, which I assume is showing me how many miles I’ve driven since the oil life percentage reached zero. I dont understand what’s going on. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-oil-change-message/126019/2 "2018-10-01T18:55:05Z")

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You must reset the maintenance reminder after each service;

_Your dealer will reset this indicator_  
_after completing the scheduled_  
_maintenance. If this maintenance is_  
_not done by your dealer, reset the_  
_light as follows._  
_1. Turn off the engine._  
_2. Press and hold the Select/Reset_  
_knob on the instrument panel,_  
_then turn the ignition switch to_  
_ON (II)._  
_3. Hold the knob for about 10_  
_seconds until the indicator goes_  
_off._

The information about the maintenance required indicator can be found on page 60 of the owners manual;

> **[CV0505OM.PDF](https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/pubs/OM/AH/ACV0505OM/enu/CV0505OM.PDF)**
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> 3.12 MB

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**Author:** ![Katherine\_DeKeyser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Katherine\_DeKeyser](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Katherine_DeKeyser)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-oil-change-message/126019/3 "2018-10-01T18:56:44Z")

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Thank you! Huge help!