How to reset the oil life monitor / indicator on a Honda Fit

Monday, October 13th, 2008 | How To

My oil life indicator got down to 10% today (at about 6500 miles) and, since I had the day off for Columbus day, I decided to take my Fit in for its first oil change. Living in the small ghetto-ish community of Echo Park here in Los Angeles, there aren’t too many Honda service centers or even Econo Lube n Tube’s around. This is why I found myself at the little service center in my local independently run gas station. They changed the oil on the Fit for $30 and got it done fairly quickly. The only downside was that they didn’t reset the damned oil life inidicator. Thanks to the “Having a Fit” blog, I discovered how to reset the indicator myself and thought I’d share them with you:

  1. Press the trip meter select/reset pin until you the oil life reminder is displayed
  2. Press and hold the select/reset pin down for approximately 10 seconds until the oil life reminder is blinking
  3. Press and hold the select/reset pin down for another 5 seconds or so until the oil life reminder is reset to 100%

Big thanks to Having a Fit for posting this. Up next, I’ll be posting about my brand new Pioneer Avic F700BT.

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48 Comments to How to reset the oil life monitor / indicator on a Honda Fit

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rubin pham
January 28, 2009

i also change the oil on my honda fit myself. most other cars do not have oil life monitor so this tip is a big help. thanks a lot.

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Linda
March 14, 2009

THANK YOU!!! I got an oil change at Pep Boys and they did not know how to reset the meter ??? ..but did do it last time. Unfortunately I misplaced the manual, so this worked perfectly - thanks again!

Random Accuracy
May 5, 2009

Thanks for posting this, I noticed the same thing after getting the oil changed yesterday.

My next option was to head back to the mechanic. Glad I didn’t waste the trip and diy humility :)

NC Robert
August 9, 2009

Helpful post! I had my ‘08 Sport at the dealer for an oil change yesterday, and they didn’t reset the oil life indicator. Rather than go back or try to get on the phone with them, I decided to see if I could Google the answer on how to reset it. It worked perfectly first try.

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September 8, 2009

Great advice. But it is over simple. You need to add the words “then let go for a sec” after you see the display flashing.

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Paullib
January 23, 2010

Thanks for the great info! I did find some other rather confusing bits posted on this topic, this one is perfect! Need to keed the oil fresh in the beater…. Thanks!

Joey Boots
August 7, 2010

Just my oil changed today, and thanks for this info , my oil Gage is reset thanks again. 2009 Honda Fit !!! I love it.

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October 29, 2010

oil change should be done depending on the characteristic of the machine.~*

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November 17, 2010

oil change needs to be done as often as possible to maintain the good performance of any kind of machinery ,:`

Ben
December 11, 2010

Thanks for the post, I was trying to reset it and couldn’t find the information in the car manual. Cheers

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February 6, 2011

Thanks for the info! Just wondering though, how much faith do you really put in this indicator? I changed my oil today at 40% oil life but I had not had an oil change in 5 months/10,000 km. Seems like WAY too long to go without changing the oil…

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