s2k>wrx

can anyone explain why it is when i turn my car on, the service required light flashes a few times and then turns off thanks in advance for help

05APdeuce

search button is your friend. NOW USE IT!

Moddiction

Because it is telling you to change your oil, or should bring it in for scheduled maintenance. It will shortly stay on constantly until reset.

Rubn1out4GudLuk

Have you checked your oil percentage?!! If it's 15% or below it tends to do that. Take it to your dealership and they'll explain everything.

But in case they are complete nimrods...It's there as a reminder that it's time to either change your oil and/or other fluids. How much mileage is on the car?

s2k>wrx

it cant be oil because i usualy change the oil every 2k miles with mobil1 fully synthetic and it has 65k miles and it was lat changed at 64k

mlc

The only thing that it does is count mileage. Once it gets to a certain amount of miles since it was reset last time it will start to flash. If you dont reset it it will come on and stay on.

To reset it hold down both the trip and sel bottons on the dash. Turn the key to the on position. Continue to hold down the buttons for about 20 to 30 seconds and it will go off.

If you have any trouble check the owners manual it is in there as well.

Kevin

SheDrivesIt

Read your owners manual. It is the oil change reminder. It goes off every 7500 miles.... and stop pissing away money on 2000 mile oil changes with synthetic oil of all things.

s2k>wrx

hehe idk why but it makes me feel beter when it has clean oil lol

SheDrivesIt

Thats nice but it is still nice and clean at 2000 miles. If you are going to do that, don't bother to run synthetic. There would be no advantage whatsoever.

jeggy

thanks for the input. the orange submarine on my dash has been flashing for a while now.
i don't know how to use the search to i been ignoring it.
now i know how to turn it off. instead of telling people in my car that it flashes to the beat of the music i'm playing.