Removing Service Reminder
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Removing Service Reminder
Got tired of the service reminder popping up every time I started the car so got some instructions from our favorite source here.
The factory instructions were written by German engineers to explain a very complicated (to me) process. Anyway I tried them and failed, then went back and studied them more thoroughly. First steps were to raise hood all the way up & close it. Then open and close trunk and open and close door. Then I tried my more specific instructions and it worked. Had a step for select type oil used, but that didn't come up for me.
In 1975 I purchased the cheapest car Datsun (Nissan) made - a B210. It had a service reminder light that came on at 5,000 miles if I remember correctly. You opened the hood, found the little metal box on the sidewall, removed the rubber plug, used a screwdriver to push on the counter inside and it reset to zero. Put the plug back and close the hood.
25 years later and the "German technology" requires a really lengthy and confusing process.
The factory instructions were written by German engineers to explain a very complicated (to me) process. Anyway I tried them and failed, then went back and studied them more thoroughly. First steps were to raise hood all the way up & close it. Then open and close trunk and open and close door. Then I tried my more specific instructions and it worked. Had a step for select type oil used, but that didn't come up for me.
In 1975 I purchased the cheapest car Datsun (Nissan) made - a B210. It had a service reminder light that came on at 5,000 miles if I remember correctly. You opened the hood, found the little metal box on the sidewall, removed the rubber plug, used a screwdriver to push on the counter inside and it reset to zero. Put the plug back and close the hood.
25 years later and the "German technology" requires a really lengthy and confusing process.
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No, it just requires going into the service menu. The process is well documented here on this forum and is done completely from the driver's seat.
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A modest japanese car Datsun had a service reminder at that time ? That's the most amazing thing I have ever heard recently 
As you said, it's German Technology , they like to overengineer everything
As you said, it's German Technology , they like to overengineer everything
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I had a 1977 Toyota Celica that had a service menu built into the center console; a button would scroll through the items and another would reset.
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Thanks all for comments and now I know how to do it in 12 months. Car will be "only" 14 years old then and probably have less than 50,000 miles on it.
OK, just found a couple of YouTube instructions on how to do it. Much simpler than trying to follow the translated German Official instructions. I'm thinking the opening & closing thing may actually occur when the car is being serviced rather than just for resetting the reminder? Also, my car was built in Oct/Nov 2009 and has some older items on it. For instance, the light switch actually has an OFF button.
Last edited by El Cid; Nov 14, 2022 at 03:33 PM. Reason: Update
