SERVICE RESET
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SERVICE RESET
OK. I've searched every forum for as many posts as I can find on the subject but still don't have the answer. So I apologize in advance bring this up again.
I changed my own oil on my 2006 E55 this weekend because I was a couple of hundred past the recomended service. Now, I would like to reset the indicator and can't.
My owners manual indicates only a dealer or authorized service facility can do this and there are no instructions in the manual to perform this. I've tried every method I could find on the various forums and none work on my 2006.
Any advice? I would really like NOT to go to the dealer for this.
I changed my own oil on my 2006 E55 this weekend because I was a couple of hundred past the recomended service. Now, I would like to reset the indicator and can't.
My owners manual indicates only a dealer or authorized service facility can do this and there are no instructions in the manual to perform this. I've tried every method I could find on the various forums and none work on my 2006.
Any advice? I would really like NOT to go to the dealer for this.
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You can go to an independent shop and have them reset the code or buy a tool like this if money is not a main concern but convenience is.
http://www.otctools.com/products/detail.php?id=1338
Cost of tool is around $250-300.
http://www.otctools.com/products/detail.php?id=1338
Cost of tool is around $250-300.
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OK. I've searched every forum for as many posts as I can find on the subject but still don't have the answer. So I apologize in advance bring this up again.
I changed my own oil on my 2006 E55 this weekend because I was a couple of hundred past the recomended service. Now, I would like to reset the indicator and can't.
My owners manual indicates only a dealer or authorized service facility can do this and there are no instructions in the manual to perform this. I've tried every method I could find on the various forums and none work on my 2006.
Any advice? I would really like NOT to go to the dealer for this.
I changed my own oil on my 2006 E55 this weekend because I was a couple of hundred past the recomended service. Now, I would like to reset the indicator and can't.
My owners manual indicates only a dealer or authorized service facility can do this and there are no instructions in the manual to perform this. I've tried every method I could find on the various forums and none work on my 2006.
Any advice? I would really like NOT to go to the dealer for this.
Re-setting Service Indicator
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If you change your own oil and do other maintenance items, the "Service_ Exceeded by....." comes on each time you turn the ignition on. If you look it up in your maintenance book, it tells you that you can get rid of it, only temporarily until the next engine start, by using the reset button. When you read further, it tells you to take it to a MB or other service center to reset.
Here's the procedure from the WIS from my 211.026:
1. Switch on ignition. Use the scroll page to get to the temp,mph page.
2. Press the scroll forward and backward button( down arrow) repeatedly until the service date is displayed.( or if it says," Service exceeded.."
3. Keep the trip odometer reset button pressed for approx 5 seconds until the Service Menu appears in the display.
4. Using the + and - buttons, select Confirmation of Service
5. Press the system selection button ( lower of page buttons at 6 O'clock position) to confirm.
6. Press again to confirm.
7. Service Confirmed appears in Multifunction Display
8. Press the same button to get to the standard display
9. Turn ignition off. The next time you turn it on, the reminder should not appear.
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I did the following on my Wife's E55 and it worked. I also used this on my SL55 and it likewise worked.
Re-setting Service Indicator
________________________________________
If you change your own oil and do other maintenance items, the "Service_ Exceeded by....." comes on each time you turn the ignition on. If you look it up in your maintenance book, it tells you that you can get rid of it, only temporarily until the next engine start, by using the reset button. When you read further, it tells you to take it to a MB or other service center to reset.
Here's the procedure from the WIS from my 211.026:
1. Switch on ignition. Use the scroll page to get to the temp,mph page.
2. Press the scroll forward and backward button( down arrow) repeatedly until the service date is displayed.( or if it says," Service exceeded.."
3. Keep the trip odometer reset button pressed for approx 5 seconds until the Service Menu appears in the display.
4. Using the + and - buttons, select Confirmation of Service
5. Press the system selection button ( lower of page buttons at 6 O'clock position) to confirm.
6. Press again to confirm.
7. Service Confirmed appears in Multifunction Display
8. Press the same button to get to the standard display
9. Turn ignition off. The next time you turn it on, the reminder should not appear.
Re-setting Service Indicator
________________________________________
If you change your own oil and do other maintenance items, the "Service_ Exceeded by....." comes on each time you turn the ignition on. If you look it up in your maintenance book, it tells you that you can get rid of it, only temporarily until the next engine start, by using the reset button. When you read further, it tells you to take it to a MB or other service center to reset.
Here's the procedure from the WIS from my 211.026:
1. Switch on ignition. Use the scroll page to get to the temp,mph page.
2. Press the scroll forward and backward button( down arrow) repeatedly until the service date is displayed.( or if it says," Service exceeded.."
3. Keep the trip odometer reset button pressed for approx 5 seconds until the Service Menu appears in the display.
4. Using the + and - buttons, select Confirmation of Service
5. Press the system selection button ( lower of page buttons at 6 O'clock position) to confirm.
6. Press again to confirm.
7. Service Confirmed appears in Multifunction Display
8. Press the same button to get to the standard display
9. Turn ignition off. The next time you turn it on, the reminder should not appear.
I will give this a try and report back.
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I had the oild changed only as the other items were basiclaly checks at the stealership. I reset the light myself and its pretty easy. I have a 2005 E55.
here is what i did:
-Key in ON position (one click after accessories but not all the way which starts the engine)
-from the temp display screen go up or down to get to the "service exceeded by..." or whatever message you have regarding service
-hold down the reset button for 5 seconds
-you get a screen with service options.
-go to the last option which is "service confirmation" and hit yes and then it says "service confirmed"
Thats basicaly it! took 5 minutes. No it says next service in 10K miles if I check and dont get the service exceeded light either.
here is what i did:
-Key in ON position (one click after accessories but not all the way which starts the engine)
-from the temp display screen go up or down to get to the "service exceeded by..." or whatever message you have regarding service
-hold down the reset button for 5 seconds
-you get a screen with service options.
-go to the last option which is "service confirmation" and hit yes and then it says "service confirmed"
Thats basicaly it! took 5 minutes. No it says next service in 10K miles if I check and dont get the service exceeded light either.
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basically the same method stated above in more detail i guess.
one thing i noticed, if you hold down the reset button when it says service exceeded and it doesnt bring up the service menu, you are probably in Accessories key position or have the engine fully started. You need to be in the ON position which is inbetween the two.
cheers
one thing i noticed, if you hold down the reset button when it says service exceeded and it doesnt bring up the service menu, you are probably in Accessories key position or have the engine fully started. You need to be in the ON position which is inbetween the two.
cheers
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I tried this in every key position, door open, door closed, pointed West, on a Friday while on my knees praying it would work. The AMG God's are not listening.
I'm just speculating here, but I have a feeling they changed the method for 2006 and it may not be possible to do this without some special tool?
Still hoping so any feedback is welcome.
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That's exactly what I was trying to avoid and hoping there was another way like there is on most cars. Doesn't surprise me though. The dealers are making it harder and harder to get service anywhere but them.
Still think there's a way. Just haven't found it yet.
Still think there's a way. Just haven't found it yet.
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FSS Reset instruction
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Don't worry, I got your back. I just sent you a PM, I have the instruction in PDF version that your looking for. I've given these instructions to many other members in this forum as well as the AMG Private Lounge forum. Anybody else looking for this, just PM me with your email address.
Don't worry, I got your back. I just sent you a PM, I have the instruction in PDF version that your looking for. I've given these instructions to many other members in this forum as well as the AMG Private Lounge forum. Anybody else looking for this, just PM me with your email address.
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I had the oild changed only as the other items were basiclaly checks at the stealership. I reset the light myself and its pretty easy. I have a 2005 E55.
here is what i did:
-Key in ON position (one click after accessories but not all the way which starts the engine)
-from the temp display screen go up or down to get to the "service exceeded by..." or whatever message you have regarding service
-hold down the reset button for 5 seconds
-you get a screen with service options.
-go to the last option which is "service confirmation" and hit yes and then it says "service confirmed"
Thats basicaly it! took 5 minutes. No it says next service in 10K miles if I check and dont get the service exceeded light either.
here is what i did:
-Key in ON position (one click after accessories but not all the way which starts the engine)
-from the temp display screen go up or down to get to the "service exceeded by..." or whatever message you have regarding service
-hold down the reset button for 5 seconds
-you get a screen with service options.
-go to the last option which is "service confirmation" and hit yes and then it says "service confirmed"
Thats basicaly it! took 5 minutes. No it says next service in 10K miles if I check and dont get the service exceeded light either.
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He PM me with his email, so that I could send him the PDF file. I was just checking, if he got it. But thank you for the observation, because I didn't realize it was that old.
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If I remember right, I reseted it by going inside the dynamometer mode (pressing the reset button 3 times when in accessory mode and the SRS light is on). Scroll around there, and the reset option is present there too.
