What does it mean when the light for maintenance required is on?

Asked by rafael705 Feb 20, 2009 at 09:30 PM about the 1996 Acura RL 3.5 FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Whenever I turn on my car a light on that dashboard lights up and says that maintenance required. What I am wondering is what kind of maintenance is it talking about?

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scheduled mileage intervals trigger the light. and sometimes the light just means what it says. 'maintenance is required'

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how do you reset the maintenance required light?? 1999 Acura RL 3.5

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