Maint Req’d light on, 3500 miles since oil chg

Hello,

I had the oil changed in my 2007 approximately 3500 miles ago. The light was reset at that time. Yesterday, the Maintenance Required light came back on and has stayed on, even though it has not been 5,000 miles of driving yet.

Without missing work, which I really cannot afford to do, soonest I can get it in to the Toyota Service department would be Saturday. It’s Thursday evening now I have no choice but to drive it another 30 miles round trip to work tomorrow.

The car is running fine, oil level is fine and oil is relatively fresh- no noticeable issues other than the Maint Req’d light popping on.

I have done a little reading but have seen nothing in regard to this particular issue. My question is- if this dash light comes on every 5000 miles, what possible reasons would mine be alerting at 3500(ish)?

Am I in danger of causing a problem if I drive it to work tomorrow? I bought the car used in 2013 and routine maintenance has been performed at the dealership (maybe not always exactly on schedule, more like when my finances allow-) and I have not had any weird issues with the car until now.

 

Okay. Thank you.