After doing your normal oil change in civilized AutoMobile Shops like gazzuzz and Siena's, they reset the Maintenance required lights.
its not so when those roadside guys service your car. that is why even after servicing, the maintenance required light still shows in most Toyota cars i know in Naija..

to clear the maintenance counter, follow the following steps

1. Turn on the car
2. On the dashboard, check that your trip counter (the counter which shows how many miles or km covered) shows Trip A. Press the trip reset button to change it to Trip A if needed
3. Turn off the car completely.
4. Press and continue to hold the trip reset button. Then turn on the car ignition without starting it.
5. On the dash, ------ shows. which gradually counts down till there is only one dash (-). After that, 000000 shows ...
6.. Maintenance required lights clears ....


This should be done only soon after servicing. This is because it is programmed to come on again after a number of miles covered.

This this also work for other Toyota cars? Cos I serviced my car just 2 days ago and the maintenance required lights still comes on. Although it goes after few seconds.

Is this for Rav4 only or all Toyota cars?

newman10:
Is this for Rav4 only or all Toyota cars?

for all Toyota's from 97 onwards.
those with button start have slightly different steps.

Thanks for this information ! I had this issue ans was worried that the sign still displayed after servicing my Rav42008.But your instructions did wonders. Thanks for this thread

This works for my Toyota Corolla 2005. Knowledge is key.