So if the last guy turned it off at, say, 32,000 miles the next time it
could come on would be 62,000 miles?
   I didn't know that. I had figured that there was a mechanical gizmo in
there that tripped a relay of some kind and the reset button reset the
relay, not the "gizmo" which mindlessly kept turning toward the next 30k
mile mark.
    Somethihg to keep in mind. I think I drove some 1500 miles with the
light on before I found the %#!@#! switch.

>>
>
> >   Take a look at your odometer. If it reads any multiple of 30K miles
> >(30,60,90,ect.)what you might have is a "service schedualed" light.
>
> Joe is correct about the function of the light, but note that the
> odometer doesn't have to read a multiple of 30K.  If some PO let it go
> for a few thousand miles with the light on, it could be anything by now.
>
>
>
> Sean Bartnik
> Fairfax, Virginia
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