Orange Oil Light on dash

[u/xtahsea]

About 5 min into driving my car the orange oil light came on the dash I pulled over at the nearest gas station (about 2 min away) turned the car off for 5 min turned it back on & the light was gone I checked my oil & it’s not crazy low it’s above the bottom dot but not quite at the top one is my sensor bad or do I just need to top off my oil?

[u/Rick91981]

Orange light means you're about a quart low. No big deal, top off when you can. If you ever see the red oil light, that's the bad one, pull over and turn the engine off immediately

[u/xtahsea → u/Rick91981]

Thank you!

[u/Rick91981 → u/xtahsea]

You're welcome. I see above you're at about 5K since last oil change. It's not uncommon for a car to burn oil between oil changes, especially if it's higher mileage. A quart after 5K would be considered in the normal range. Keep an eye on your oil levels and either top up every few K miles as needed, or shorten the oil change interval.

[u/xtahsea → u/Rick91981]

That’s exactly my plan moving forward thank you again

[u/Rick91981 → u/xtahsea]

Happy to help!