Oil change light comes on then goes off Need help
05-31-2007, 03:44 PM
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Oil change light comes on then goes off Need help Just wanted to see if i could get some help on this. My oil change light stays on when my car is cranked up and then a little bit after it is put in drive it goes off. Just bought the car over the weekend at the oil was supposedly changed not too long ago. I am planning on changing the oil today but i was wondering if anybody might know why it is doing this? Its a 2000 Z and it has 27,000 miles on it. Any help would be great. Thanks
05-31-2007, 04:43 PM
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Just reset the light by turning the key to the "ON" position and pressing the Trip Reset/Oil Reset button for 13 seconds. that should take care of the problem. This information is in the owner's manual.
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Already tried that. Thats the first thing i did. It goes off then, but after you turn the car off and then back on the light comes on again. Like i said, it doesnt stay on permanently, it goes off after i drive for a few seconds. Thanks for the help though
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Nope the trip odometer doesnt reset every time. I tried it again and now it has gone off and hasnt come back on. Seemed kind of odd to me. I have owned a camaro before and it always went off and stayed off. THis just threw me for a loop when it came right back on after i reset it. For now though its off. Thanks for all the help. Hopefully it is fixed.
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one other way to try it is to turn the key on (engine off) and press the gas pedal all the way to the floor 3 times, and make sure you let the pedal all the way up between the times that you press it.
after you do that wait for a couple seconds for the the oil light to flash, if it does go ahead and turn the key off.
after you do that wait for a couple seconds for the the oil light to flash, if it does go ahead and turn the key off.
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Originally Posted by coolformula
have you changed the oil lol. Sounds like it still thinks ur oil is dirty.
