Honda Maintenance Minder Codes
When you are busy day to day in the Tinton Falls area, it’s often difficult to remember when your Honda car is due for maintenance. Honda owners will be relieved to know their cars will remind them using a set of Honda Maintenance Minder codes. However, if you’re unfamiliar with this feature, you may be surprised and confused when you see a lit-up wrench logo on your dashboard. The service experts at DCH Kay Honda offer excellent Honda service tips that goes in-depth about Honda maintenance codes and how they work, so you can take advantage of this feature in the future!
How Do the Honda Maintenance Minder Codes Work?
Driving a newer Honda model gives you access to the Honda Maintenance Minder system. The Maintenance Minder light, in the form of a wrench, will light up to remind you to get the maintenance your Honda needs to keep performing at its best on the Freehold roads. You can count on this system for even more accurate timing and accuracy on the services needed, as it has sensors throughout your vehicle to determine when service is needed according to the road conditions it’s being driven on and in the way you’re driving it. Most models with the Maintenance Minder system also have an engine oil life indicator to remind you of upcoming oil changes.
Oil Life Light Percentages
- Oil Life 15%: Service is due soon. Schedule your appointment with the Eatontown service center at DCH Kay Honda.
- Oil Life 5%: Service is due now. Visit DCH Kay Honda for maintenance.
- Oil Life 0%: When you’re oil life gets to 0%, service is past due. To avoid unnecessary wear or potential damage, visit our Eatontown service center for maintenance as soon as possible.
What Are the Honda Maintenance Minder Codes?
While the oil life indicator is straightforward to understand, the Honda maintenance codes are not. However, once you become more familiar with them, you will understand them easily! They consist of codes and subcodes, where the code stands for the service needed while the sub-code stands for additional services needed during that same visit. This is also known as Minder A and B Honda service.
What is Minder A and B Honda service? For example, the Honda service code “A1” means that your car needs its oil and filter changed and a tire rotation in the next visit near Red Bank. What are all of the Honda service codes? Take a look below or consult your vehicle’s owner’s manual!
Main Honda Service Codes
A – Indicates the engine oil should be replaced.
B – Indicates the engine oil should be replaced. Inspections of various systems and components should also be done, such as:
- Performing front and rear brake inspections
- Adjust the parking brake
- Inspect other vehicle systems
See your owner’s manual for additional details.
Honda Service Codes
Maintenance Minder Code A
| A | Change engine oil |
| Ultimate tensile strength |
Maintenance Minder Code B
| B | Change the engine oil filter |
| Inspect front and rear brakes | |
| Check parking brake adjustment, steering gear box and boots, suspension components & drive shafts | |
| Includes battery test and Multi-Point Inspection |
*Complete brake fluid exchange due every 3 years regardless of mileage. (Prive may vary for your particular model – ask advisor for details)*Wheel alignment recommended every 15,000 miles
Most Honda Vehicle from 2005 to the present use the Maintenance Minder system.
Low Mileage Vehicles: If a service message does not appear for more than 12 months after the last visit, change the engine oil every year. See your Honda dealer to manually pull maintenance codes specific to your vehicle and appropriate for time and mileage intervals.
Maintenance Minder Code B
| 1 | Rotate tires and verify correct tire pressure and condition. |
| 2 | Replace air cleaner elements (at least every 15k in dusty conditions) |
| Replace the air cleaner element, inspect the drive belt, and replace the dust and pollen filter. | |
| Check parking brake adjustment, steering gear box and boots, suspension components & drive shafts | |
| Inspect drive belt |
| 3 | Replace transmission fluid and transfer fluid (if equipped). |
| Replace transfer fluid (If equipped - Ridgeline/Pilot) |
| 4 | Replace spark plugs, and timing belt (if equipped), inspect the water pump, and inspect valve clearance. |
| Replace timing belt |
| 5 | Replace engine coolant |
| 6 | Replace rear differential fluid (if equipped). |
Schedule Maintenance Services at DCH Kay Honda Today!
Now that you know more about this system and how to read Honda maintenance codes, you won’t be worried about seeing the wrench symbol light up on your dashboard. Instead, you’ll be happy to have yet another excellent Honda tool under your belt as a driver in the Eatontown area! When the Maintenance Minder system notifies you of routine maintenance, schedule an appointment online, and then make your way to DCH Kay Honda to keep your car in tip-top condition. Call our service team if you have any questions.