My civic's dash is acting up. This started earlier

1. Edit Step 15 ¶ When it's time to change the oilin your Civic, the maintenance light (orange wrench) will appear on your dash, as well as a B1 message, showing an oil life of 15% or less. To reset the Oil Life % gauge, press and hold the SEL/RESET button for about 10 seconds until the Oil Life message begins to flash.

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Sounds like the ign switch.. not the part the key goes in but the electrical switch that the key acrivates under the key part/.

There are 2 way to reset the maintenance light on Civic.
1. Manually reset
To reset this maintenance light, you will put the key in the ignition. Next you will press and hold the odometer reset knob, which can be found on the dash where the car's current mileage is located. While you continue holding that know, you will turn the key to the first position but do not start the engine. After about 10 seconds, the maintenance light should disappear. If the light is still on, you can turn off the vehicle and then try the process again. Once the light is off, you are all set until your next schedule maintenance.

2. Hook up a HDS (Honda Diagnostic System) software on a laptop, the light will go off within minutes.

http://www.obd365.com/wholesale/honda-hds-him-diagnostic-tool-with-double-board.html

Did you get the key switch checked out ? The dash indicator lights have to be on for the engine to start. So you are not getting power to the dash lights, and probably not to the computer or ignition coil either.

Sounds like a starter that is in the 1st stages of death : ) Starters don't just die, (usually) they kinda die a long agonizing death, agonizing for you cuz most of us tend to push it and hope that it just keeps going, Forget it! It's dead replace it and move on. : ) I would def change out the starter though. That'll probably solve your problem. Good luck.

sounds like the distributor. over time the distributor could get debris and condensation inside it and cause it to act up here and there.

normally if its going to be an O2 sensor,, the check engine light would come on, not the maintenance light, I don't know if your car has 2 different ones, My 2000 civic does though,, normally a maint light comes on if its time for an oil change , etc... rest the light,, heres how you do that you use the button that resets your trip odometer to reset the maintenance light.

with the key in the ignition but not turned on, hold the trip reset button in with one hand. then, while holding the button in, turn the ignition key to the ON position so that the lights on the dash come on.

continue to hold the reset button in and watch the maintenance light. it will take about 15 seconds for the light to go out

when the light goes out, turn the ignition key OFF and then release the trip reset button.

your light will be reset and come on in about another 5000 miles to remind you of the next service

that light come on because its scheduale maintenance is due preset by the manufacturer to reset it on the dash where the speedo is black nob 1st press it put key on leave your finger on it the light will flash and after will turn off let me no and thanks for using fixya

I'd check the distributor for spark, those year Honda's had alot of problems with the distributors. Also, I would check the multi-relay, under the dash, on the driver side, on the far left of the dash.

First to check with OBD codes reader, this is one advise to fault; when you have this number (code) the clues for solve the problem are more.

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