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Old 10-29-2003, 12:11 PM
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While I was driving on the highway, engine light keep flashing for at lease 5 times then stop, engine light away. Then I turn off the car and start again, no engine light on. I keep driving, and nothing happen again. Anyone have this happen before, please help!!!!!
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Old 10-29-2003, 12:14 PM
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wait so your CEL isn't on? or is on? If it's not on then we can't really help you. If it is on get the code read at an autobarn or something.
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Maintenance Required Light?

Flashes to let you know you are getting close to the scheduled maintenance.

First it flashes for only a few minutes, eventually flashing all the time. When you pass the service mileage it turns on solid.
Old 10-29-2003, 12:23 PM
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yea, make sure its the maintenance required light and not the check engine light. A flashing check engine light is bad so I assume if something was wrong it would probably keep doing it whereas the maintenance light does that as a reminder....
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Engine light wasn't stay on.
It wasn't the maintenance light for sure, because the engine light is on the left side and the maintenance light is on the right light.
I hook up the OBDII computer tried to read code, but no code come out.
I drove my car today, but nothing happen again.
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flashing CEL = misfire...but it would definately stay on afterwards. I had this happen to me when I had gotten some really really bad gas from a gas station (said 93 octane, but broken down in quality to probably 70 octane) and my engine misfired like crazy and blinking CEL with it staying on. I asked my friend who works as a service person at honda and he said only misfires gives a blinking CEL.

Misfiring is REALLY bad....about the worst thing that can happen to ur engine other than an over-rev.
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Can I suggest that you just check your oil/fluids/spark plugs before driving any further? If you are sure it was the CEL this little time spent might save you from bigger problems.
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Thank you very much for helping!
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