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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 01:38 AM
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Back in early January i changed the oil in my saturn and after the change had been done i started up the car and the "change oil soon" light lit up on the dash. It remained on for about 1-2mins before it finally went off. Ive changed my oil many times before and ive never seen this light come on at all. I did the same process as i have been doing since i got the car. I know its probably nothing serious at all, but its pretty annoying knowing that i just changed the oil and its still telling me to change oil soon. The light still comes on to this day
 
Old Feb 22, 2013 | 07:02 AM
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It may be just a coincidence, but it's possible the oil sending unit is going bad or the connector to it needs cleaning. Does your car have a message center that keeps showing up and if so, did you do a reset of it? I'm not sure, but on my Equinox and the Caliber I had, you had to turn the key on, press the accelerator to the floor 3 times within 5 seconds, turn the key off, and then start it up and be on your way. No more message.
 
Old Feb 22, 2013 | 09:57 AM
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Sounds like the light was not reset during/after the oil change ...
 
Old Feb 23, 2013 | 01:48 AM
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i think that migt be what it is. Ill try and resest it tmrrw when theres daylight out and hope it works
 
Old Feb 23, 2013 | 08:48 AM
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If you still have your owners manual, the procedure should be in there.
 
Old Feb 23, 2013 | 03:21 PM
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None of the S series had an oil change light, if its just an oil symbol with no letters its the Oil pressure low light
 
Old Feb 27, 2013 | 12:34 AM
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i can assure you there is a "change oil soon" light in the bottom right of my dash right below the temperature gauge
 
Old Feb 27, 2013 | 05:26 AM
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my sc2 has this light as well .mine is a 2002.you just need to reset the light .
 
Old Feb 27, 2013 | 08:45 AM
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my wife's SL1 has it as well... there should be a button in the underhood fuse box to reset the light...
 
Old Feb 28, 2013 | 07:15 AM
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If my 94 has one, I have never seen it.
 



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