What does it mean when the maintenance required light blinks 3 times and then goes out when you start your Rav4?

If your rav4 is running fine, its more than likely the 5000 mile interval light that comes on to remind you to change the oil. It is designed to come on and bug you every 5000 miles, in hopes that you will change, or have your oil changed. Here is how to reset it. Turn ignition on, dont start the engine, just ignition on. Press in the odometer button, and hold it in.(make sure your odometer is displaying the milage, not the trip meter) Turn ignition off while keeping the od button pressed in. Turn ignition back on, still holding button in, and od will display dashed line like this: -------. The lines will start to count down and you od will return to reading out the milage. The maintenace required light should not come back on, unless there is some other problem. Good luck. Jeff