Watch out for this prior to your factory service
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Watch out for this prior to your factory service
I used trip odometer A to track my miles/tank. Resetting the service reminder on the MFD requires them to play with the trip odo reset switch while set to trip odometer A. My guess is that it's possible to reset it while not tampering with the trip odometer if done properly. However, when they were done changing my oil the trip odometer had been reset. So you may want to use trip odometer B for tracking mileage.
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Re: Watch out for this prior to your factory service
Originally Posted by Orcrone
I used trip odometer A to track my miles/tank. Resetting the service reminder on the MFD requires them to play with the trip odo reset switch while set to trip odometer A. My guess is that it's possible to reset it while not tampering with the trip odometer if done properly. However, when they were done changing my oil the trip odometer had been reset. So you may want to use trip odometer B for tracking mileage.
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Re: Watch out for this prior to your factory service
Originally Posted by TCH2007
Per the owners manual, you must be in Trip A to perform the service reminder reset. A minor annoyance, IMHO.
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Re: Watch out for this prior to your factory service
Originally Posted by Orcrone
I used trip odometer A to track my miles/tank. Resetting the service reminder on the MFD requires them to play with the trip odo reset switch while set to trip odometer A. My guess is that it's possible to reset it while not tampering with the trip odometer if done properly. However, when they were done changing my oil the trip odometer had been reset. So you may want to use trip odometer B for tracking mileage.
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Re: Watch out for this prior to your factory service
Originally Posted by Orcrone
I used trip odometer A to track my miles/tank. Resetting the service reminder on the MFD requires them to play with the trip odo reset switch while set to trip odometer A. My guess is that it's possible to reset it while not tampering with the trip odometer if done properly. However, when they were done changing my oil the trip odometer had been reset. So you may want to use trip odometer B for tracking mileage.
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Re: Watch out for this prior to your factory service
Originally Posted by flopshot
LOL, this is exactly what happened to me, the service tech reset my TripA. Since I was almost done with the tank, I was ticked! Luckily, since I've recorded every single tank in my spreadsheet, I was able to use the total odometer mileage from the car and subtract out all my prevoius miles. And now when I fill up, not only do I record the TripA mileage, but I also record the total odo just in case.
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Re: Watch out for this prior to your factory service
Originally Posted by WillyBill
Hey TCH2007 how is the handling out there today? We are all wondering.
WillyBil
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Re: Watch out for this prior to your factory service
Orcrone... Thanks for the heads up. i did notice in the manual the other day reset of trip A is required to reset the service reminder. I too am using A to record FE but plan to switch over to B before service is due.
If anyone is tracking their mileage on the database it has your last total miles recorded so all you would need is the current total mileage on the odometer at fill up then subtract the total mileage from the database.
If anyone is tracking their mileage on the database it has your last total miles recorded so all you would need is the current total mileage on the odometer at fill up then subtract the total mileage from the database.