Maintenance Help - Honda Prelude Forum

SoleFreshNClean · 11-03-2008, 09:40 PM

Where it says "Maintenance Required" the little box under the gauges, what color is the box supposed to be? I tried looking for it in the owner's guid but i couldnt find it. Probablly skipped it. Please help because for some reason my box is orange and i remember it being green

Tee-Dot · 11-03-2008, 09:45 PM

It means your timing belt has broken.

Actually, it's a 7500 mile maintainance indicator. You can reset it by inserting your key into the slot in the cluster. It starts green, then turns yellow, and eventually red.

Storm_Rider · 11-03-2008, 11:30 PM

are you sure it's not that his timing belt broke?

i prefer to leave it red

oh and i like your sig, i need to find that post

thebmxican · 11-04-2008, 06:30 AM

mine has been red forever and i have never messed with it. and my car still runs the same

so that doesnt really mean there is something wrong? jsut that you should check it?

prepreludesh · 11-04-2008, 06:48 AM

It's really just as dummy proof feature like BlackLudeDude said. Everytime you reset it (by pushing the key into the little slot next to it) it will reset and the timer will begin again. It's just so you will never let it go for too long without forgetting to change the oil or get a general check up.

Some people get a little nervous when they see a red indicator in their car, and that's what Honda wants you to do, for the sake of mechanical checkups.

If you keep up on your maintenance, just reset it and go on with your business.