How many more miles can you drive when the maintenance required light starts flashing - Toyota Yaris Forums

dante2086 · 12-14-2010, 01:01 PM

I was curious to know how many more miles is safe to drive the car when this light start flashing on startup, cuz I'm out of my hometown, and I prefer servicing with the dealer there.
Thanks

WeeYari · 12-14-2010, 01:03 PM

Basically it's only saying 'Hey you, time for an oil change.'

That said, you can drive for a long, long time.

DARK AGE 53 · 12-14-2010, 01:32 PM

so Toyota has a service/check engine light and a maintenance required light?

Happy Little Pony · 12-14-2010, 07:24 PM

The "check engine" light means there's something wrong, maybe something important. The "maintenance required" light is just to remind you that you are coming up on 5,000 miles since the last time someone reset it. It means 5,000 miles, nothing more.

You can reset it yourself if it bothers you. The next time you have the car running, set the trip meter to "trip A." Turn the car off. Hold in the reset button on the trip meter and turn key on, but don't start the car. If you're doing it right, you'll see a set of markers count down. After a moment, it'll finish and you can release the reset button. You shouldn't be bothered by the reminder until the next time it comes around.

12-14-2010, 01:01 PM	#1
dante2086 Drives: Toyota Yaris 07 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Nigeria Posts: 25	How many more miles can you drive when the maintenance required light starts flashing I was curious to know how many more miles is safe to drive the car when this light start flashing on startup, cuz I'm out of my hometown, and I prefer servicing with the dealer there. Thanks

12-14-2010, 01:03 PM	#2
WeeYari View User's Garage Drives: 06 Polar White 5dr, 13 Soul 4u Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Georgetown, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,740	Basically it's only saying 'Hey you, time for an oil change.' That said, you can drive for a long, long time. __________________

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12-14-2010, 01:32 PM	#3
DARK AGE 53 Drives: 2009 Yaris Onyx Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 201	so Toyota has a service/check engine light and a maintenance required light?

12-14-2010, 07:24 PM	#4
Happy Little Pony Drives: 2007 Yaris HB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 83	The "check engine" light means there's something wrong, maybe something important. The "maintenance required" light is just to remind you that you are coming up on 5,000 miles since the last time someone reset it. It means 5,000 miles, nothing more. You can reset it yourself if it bothers you. The next time you have the car running, set the trip meter to "trip A." Turn the car off. Hold in the reset button on the trip meter and turn key on, but don't start the car. If you're doing it right, you'll see a set of markers count down. After a moment, it'll finish and you can release the reset button. You shouldn't be bothered by the reminder until the next time it comes around.