| panamamike |
Lets say MM doesn't tell me to change a particular fluid like the transmission fluid. However, it's recommended to change out at 30k miles. If I go ahead and change that fluid out, will the car know the fluid has been replaced?
I'm not familiar with the reset process, so I don't know what it will do.
Mike |
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| jay |
| You'd have to reset the Maintenance Minder in accordance with the reset instructions in the manual. |
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| mainerunr |
| If it's not throwing the code for the tranny yet, I don't believe resetting the MM will clear that cycle. I think it would only reset the cycles for the items it was showing needed attention. |
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| jay_man2 |
| The '09 manual, which I found online through this forum, steps you through resetting the MM. In the procedure I read, you reset the Minder for oil life, and by implication leave the rest unchanged. |
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| panamamike |
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Originally posted by jay_man2
The '09 manual, which I found online through this forum, steps you through resetting the MM. In the procedure I read, you reset the Minder for oil life, and by implication leave the rest unchanged.
This would make me think the MM brains only really work for oil changes, not really for the other fluids even though it claims to.
Mike |
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| youbetcha |
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Originally posted by panamamike
This would make me think the MM brains only really work for oil changes, not really for the other fluids even though it claims to.
Mike
I believe it tracks oil changes based on several engine parameters but it seems that the other changes like air filters, transmission, and VTM-4 are based on mileage.
I doubt there is any benefit to try to second-guess it, though.
Other posters have questioned parts of it, for example why the oil filter is changed at every other oil change, etc., but I think Honda would not allow its own maintenance recommendations to cause part failure.
It is there to make your life easier, so you don't have to spend more time/energy on maintenance than you need.:) |
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