Taking the Mystery Out of the Maintenance Minder System.
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To help vehicle owners know when scheduled maintenance is due, Honda has introduced the maintenance minder system in these Acura models. • ’05–06 RL • ’04–06 TL • ’06 TSX The maintenance minder system shows engine oil life in the information display to let you know when it’s time to have the engine oil replaced and regular maintenance done. There’s no longer a maintenance schedule in the O/M. The system shows engine oil life as a percentage, which drops over time as the vehicle racks up miles. It starts out at 100% with fresh engine oil, and winds down to 0%, signaling the oil life is over. The system counts down oil life based on engine operating conditions (both normal and severe). If the engine runs at higher temperatures and rpm, or at low temperatures during short trips, the oil life will deplete faster than an engine running under more normal conditions. Depending on the oil life percentage, the system shows three different messages when you turn the the ignition switch to ON (II). Here’s what you could see: The system automatically moves up maintenance items or delays them so they get done along with engine oil replacement.
To help vehicle owners know when scheduled maintenance is due, Honda has introduced the maintenance minder system in these Acura models. • ’05–06 RL • ’04–06 TL • ’06 TSX The maintenance minder system shows engine oil life in the information display to let you know when it’s time to have the engine oil replaced and regular maintenance done. There’s no longer a maintenance schedule in the O/M. The system shows engine oil life as a percentage, which drops over time as the vehicle racks up miles. It starts out at 100% with fresh engine oil, and winds down to 0%, signaling the oil life is over. The system counts down oil life based on engine operating conditions (both normal and severe). If the engine runs at higher temperatures and rpm, or at low temperatures during short trips, the oil life will deplete faster than an engine running under more normal conditions. Depending on the oil life percentage, the system shows three different messages when you turn the the ignition switch to ON (II). Here’s what you could see: The system automatically moves up maintenance items or delays them so they get done along with engine oil replacement.
For example, if tire rotation is normally done at 7,500 miles, but the oil life ends around 6,000 miles, the system will move up tire rotation. Or, if the oil life appears to be ending around 9,000 miles, the system will delay tire rotation. In either case, you would see the maintenance item code A1 in the information display. Some scheduled maintenance items are independent of the maintenance minder system. The brake fluid
should be replaced every 3 years, the idle speed should be inspected
every 160,000 miles, and the valves adjusted if they’re noisy. And
there are driving situations where a few maintenance items deviate from
the maintenance minder system. These items are affected:
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