i have a 04 civic ex and my light is on. how can i get it to turn off?

 

Go to your local Autozone they'll scan the codes see whats wrong with it to begin with, and reset it if you like.
Beware the light will come back on if the problem is detected again.

 

I know that there's a trick for turning it off, but I don't know what it is. Call up your local Honda dealer and just ask the service dept to turn it off for you. They've never charged me a dime for it so I doubt that they'll charge you.

Oh, and make sure that you actually do the maintenance that is required, lol.

In reply to the post above, 7th gens have a maintenance reminder which is kind of like an alarm clock going off of the odometer for general maintenance (scheduled tune ups, etc). It's different than a CEL.

 

maintnence required or check engine light? Maintence can be reset by just pushing your key into the slot right next to your odometer reset, but the CEL can be checked by: CLICK ME!

 

^good call, for some reason I thought that he specified that it was a maintenance reminder light.

My bad

 

^ it's cool, myself i didnt know how to reset the red "Maintence required" light until a couple months ago haha i think it just comes on every few thousand miles to tell you that you need na oil change

 

flip, that doesn't work on 7th gens..

tiff, you need to take your key and put it in the ignition, hold down the button in your gauge cluster for 10-15 seconds then switch your key to the "ON" position without cranking your car and continue holding the button the whole time until the light turns off, should be another 10-15 seconds at the most...

 

thanks baker