Oil Reset, Oil Light Reset, Oil Life, Reset Maintenance Light
Complete instructions on how to reset the oil service engine indicator of most car brands without the use of an additional computer
2005-2010
Turn the ignition to run (one position before starting engine).
Press the INFORMATION and RESET buttons on the DIC at the same time to enter the personalization menu.
Press the INFORMATION button to scroll through the menu until OIL LIFE RESET is displayed.
Press and hold the RESET button until the DIC display shows ACKNOWLEDGED. This will tell you the system has been reset.
Turn the ignition off and then start the engine to verify the indicator has been reset.
I second that, as I was shown how to do it. Follow it, VEry simple instructions.
Have your key in the ignition, but off. Well make sure its at trip A before you start this.
Next, press the button, but leave it pressed….
Now put the car into the “on” position….
The indicator will show a bar like it was counting down, wait till that finishes and it all starts to show 0000miles or whatever it is. And let go.
Your done.
VW Crafter service reset Sitting in the drivers seat looking at the dash on the left hand side you have a M button and below it a 0 button these are the buttons you will need to use.
When i refer to the LCD this is the illuminated part in the middle that shows your mileage,service mileage and trip mileage.
Please read this fully first to get the jist of it as if you perform the actions too slow it wont work and you will have to start over.
1.Put on ignition
2.Wait for service mileage to revert to vehicle mileage
3.When it reverts to the vehicle mileage press and hold the 0 button until you hear a beep (can take up to 30 seconds)
4.As soon as you hear the beep press the M button repeatdly and you will see in the LCD display different reset’s the one you need to select is “reset 51” if you go past it just keep pressing the M button till it comes up again.
5.When the “reset 51” is displayed stop pressing the M button then press and hold the 0 button again until a number 2 is displayed in the LCD.
6.Release the 0 button and then press twice and it will say in the LCD reset done ,if it is not reset you will get a 30% power reduction after 2K miles
With the ignition off, press the reset button under the mileage counter
Hold in reset button whilst turning the ignition on
After about 4 or 5 seconds (up to 30 seconds in some cases) the display should reset itself
Release the button and turn the ignition off
It may be necessary to repeat this process
How to reset the Maintenance Service interval:
Metod 1
– Switch ignition on to position one, (first click clockwise);
– “Outside temperature” should be displayed, if not move to it (You have to be in this display to go further);
– Press the trip odometer, “reset”, knob three times consecutively ( The Voltage display will appear);
– Press Down Arrow to enter the “Service Menu”. “Service Data” submenu below will be highlighted.
– Press right page to enter the Service data submenu. (Left page goes up in menus, -+ selects items displayed)
– Press – three times on right of wheel to highlight “Confirmation”.
– Use right page to select to display sub-menu as to what to confirm.
– Select “Full Service” (No need to use -+.) to confirm this choice
– Press right page to confirm. (Delay is about 3 seconds.)
– Press left page twice to exit the menu system, or turn off the ignition switch.
– Turn off ignition. Turn back on. The display should show that it is recalculating the mileage and days. This takes about 60 seconds so be patient.
Metod 2
1. Put the key in the ignition and switch it on without starting the engine.
(Wait for LCD to return to the vehicle mileage)
2. Hold the “O” button down till you hear a beep (could take a while, 30 sec.)
3. Press the M button repeatedly and a number of reset menus will appear, (If you have used oil according to quality sheet 229.31 or 228/229.51 you can scroll to Reset.31 or Reset.51 respectively.) Select “reset 51”
4. Now, when appropriate oil type is selected press “O” for 6 seconds until ”2” is displayed.
5. Press “O” once again briefly and the ” reset done” message will confirm that the job is done.
6. Pull the Key out
FOR THE 2004 DODGE SPRINTER!
Turn the key to position 2 in the ignition lock and immediately press the button MI (km) twice.
Within 10 seconds, return the key to the 0 in the ignition lock.
Press and hold the button MI (km). Turn the key to position 2 in the ignition lock. Keep the button MI (km) pressed.
The maintenance indicator with the time/distance is shown.
After about 10 seconds, an acoustic signal will sound and the maintenance indicator is displayed with the new remaining time / distance .
Release the button MI (km)