Q: Dashboard light on

asked by on October 20, 2017

I did an oil change on my car earlier this week, putting 5 quarts of oil in, Like I always do. When I went to start the car, the "check gages" light was on, and my dashboard showed no oil. I checked under the car on the bunch that it might've drained, but there was no fluid under my car. Can't get the light to go off. I've tried resetting the sensor again, to no avail.

My car has 93411 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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