Maintenance required is yellow?

[crazyychriss123]

the little thing that says maintenance required under the rpm gauge, well its half green and half yellow. checked the oil and it was a little lower than normal but not a quart low. could be a bad sensor? i have no idea, it could be a number of things so no telling what the problem really is. when i first got the car it was red until i changed some sensors and the thermostat, then it was green.

[Straight Success]

I think, if memory serves me correct, when it's red you definitely need an oil change or maintenance. Yellow is caution.

[cb7rush]

all it is is a reminder that things need to be checked..it turns yellow every 3k miles..and when it turns red it means that something big like a timing belt needs to be changed..serves no real purpose

[crazyychriss123]

prolly just letting me know the oil was getting low then.
thanks, i wasn't sure what that M.R light was for

[Straight Success]

From the manual:

Every 7500 miles, the light will turn from green to yellow to indicate routine maintenance.

The light will change from yellow to red when the 7500 mile mark is passed without reset.

[jdmrespect11]

man change your oil asap.mine went yellow last week and i ignored it,395 miles later i threw a rod..im pissed.dont let it happen to you.

[mtnbikaah]

man change your oil asap.mine went yellow last week and i ignored it,395 miles later i threw a rod..im pissed.dont let it happen to you.

that had nothing to do with the yellow indicator.

as mentioned above it changes every 7500 miles.

[crazyychriss123]

damn, i just got a oil change not to long ago, but i have been doing a lot of driving since i moved 30 miles from town.

[baracuda]

prolly just letting me know the oil was getting low then.
thanks, i wasn't sure what that M.R light was for

No it doesn't....It is only an oil change/general check up reminder. Only way to check if your oil is low is pull the dip stick and take a clean reading. If your running a stock accord block, its always a good rule of thumb to check your oil levels weekly as these motor eat oil once they get high miles on them. If the "oil" light in the dash starts flashing or staying on, then you have no oil pressure and need to shut the motor off right away. You can reset the little indicator by sticking the end of your key in that slot and pushing it in, it will roll back to green.

[jdmrespect11]

well it was fine till the light changed to yellow.then it went red and broke so i figured thats what it meant...but thats y im here...to learn.

[crazyychriss123]

From the manual:

Every 7500 miles, the light will turn from green to yellow to indicate routine maintenance.

The light will change from yellow to red when the 7500 mile mark is passed without reset.

i want to get a manual, was thinking of just going up to Barnes and noble or the local library to see if they have one

[baracuda]

damn, i just got a oil change not to long ago, but i have been doing a lot of driving since i moved 30 miles from town.

Then your fine if you just changed your oil less then 3k miles ago (if synthetic oil then over 4k miles is fine as well.) Also just because he didn't change his oil, doesn't mean thats why he threw a rod.

[jdmrespect11]

i just boughtit an the oil was low and milky.im sure it was the main factor.it broke on the way home with it before i could do anything about it.i never saw the oil light flash bt then again i was freaking out to much to notice.lol.

[Straight Success]

Just reset it then.

[crazyychriss123]

ya, will it turn back to yellow if i start driving again? if i really do need to change the oil. or will it just wait for another 3k miles to turn yellow again.