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Oil Change Reminder Lamp: Service and Repair

Oil life

An oil change is required whenever indicated by the message center. USE ONLY RECOMMENDED ENGINE OILS.
To reset the oil monitoring system to 100% after each oil change (approximately 7,500 miles [12,000 km] or six months perform the following:






1. Press the SETUP control to enter SYSTEM CHECK, then press SETUP control again to display 'OIL LIFE = XXX% HOLD RESET = NEW".






2. Press and hold the RESET control for two seconds and release. Oil life is set to 100% and "OIL LIFE SET TO 100%" is displayed.

3. When "OIL LIFE SET TO 100%" is displayed, if a lower oil life is desired, press and release the RESET control to reduce the value. Each press of the RESET control reduces the value by 10 percent.

Note: Oil life of 100% equals 7,500 miles (12,000 km) or six months. For example, setting oil life to 60% sets the oil life value to 4,500 miles (7,200 km) and 108 days.