Toyota Yaris: Maintenance Required Light Comes on When Starting

I've been driving my 2007 Toyota Yaris for about 6 months now. When I
turn the engine on, the "maintenance required" sign comes on for a
while. Eventually it goes away, but the light never came on before.
It's been like that for about a day.

What could be wrong here? My oil was changed last month. The tires
are properly inflated (32 psi). Tranmission fluid? Do you need to
check transmission fluid levels for these cars?

What could be wrong here?

In article <468ij3pn018b9fqd3blr39rdq781nj6a0v@>,
Rin Tin^2 <<<rintintin@nappyland.zet>>> wrote:

> I've been driving my 2007 Toyota Yaris for about 6 months now. When I
> turn the engine on, the "maintenance required" sign comes on for a
> while. Eventually it goes away, but the light never came on before.
> It's been like that for about a day.
>
> What could be wrong here?

What could be wrong is that you have never, ever, not even once cracked
the owner's manual and read up on how to operate your car.

Instead, you got in and turned the key and figured, hey, I know how to
operate a car, I don't need a stinking manual.

Now some dash light comes on and you STILL don't bother to crack the
manual on your shiny new $15,000 car. Instead, you come here asking to
be spoon fed something that's so basic, it's incredible.

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in message
news:elmop-CDCF37.05435113112007@nntp1.usenetserver.com...
> In article <468ij3pn018b9fqd3blr39rdq781nj6a0v@>,
> Rin Tin^2 <<<rintintin@nappyland.zet>>> wrote:
>
>> I've been driving my 2007 Toyota Yaris for about 6 months now. When I
>> turn the engine on, the "maintenance required" sign comes on for a
>> while. Eventually it goes away, but the light never came on before.
>> It's been like that for about a day.
>>
>> What could be wrong here?
>
> What could be wrong is that you have never, ever, not even once cracked
> the owner's manual and read up on how to operate your car.
>
> Instead, you got in and turned the key and figured, hey, I know how to
> operate a car, I don't need a stinking manual.
>
> Now some dash light comes on and you STILL don't bother to crack the
> manual on your shiny new $15,000 car. Instead, you come here asking to
> be spoon fed something that's so basic, it's incredible.
>
Shag, you're right on in your comment. I was guilty of the same sort of
inattention to the owner's manual with my Avalon. The "I've driven cars all
my life, so I don't need to read about my car..." syndrome is so prevalent.
On a related note, I once had a co-worker, a lady of a certain age, who
asked me how to program a VCR to record programs. I said "Have you read the
manual that came with it?"
Her reply was par for the course. "No, it's too complicated."
There ya go.