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Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / February 2006Reset of "miles to next scheduled maintenance" counter
My '98 SLK230 is now seven years old and the warranty period -even extended- expired. 10 days ago I took it to an independent shop for service and they did not know how to reset the "miles to next scheduled maintenance" counter. Could someone, please, let me know the DIY procedure to reset the counter? The counter began to show "days" to schedule maintenance and now it shows the little wrench indicating "days" past the scheduled maintenance (14 days so far). The car has only 37K miles on the odometer. TIA Hernando This is from an old post: > This has always worked for me, but for some odd reason, occasionally other > people can't get it to reset the light. The procedure is also printed in [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > You also use the ignition switch. There are four positions of the ignition > key/steering lock: > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > displayed. Within 10 seconds, turn key in steering lock to Position (0). > Press and hold Button (R) while turning key in steering lock to Position (2) > again. The present status for days or distance is displayed once more. > Continue to hold Button (R). After approximately 10 seconds, a signal > sounds, and the display shows the reset mileage or distance. Release Button > (R). It is stated in your owner's manual... very easy job. > My '98 SLK230 is now seven years old and the warranty period -even > extended- expired. 10 days ago I took it to an independent shop for [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Hernando Thanks Josh and Tiger for the info. I'll try the procedure ASAP. For the life of me I couldn't find the instructions on the SLK Owner's Manual. I do read it when desperate, ha, ha. Have you compared sevice costs main/franchised dealer vis-a-vis independent? Another thing: would it not be reasonable to expect a decent indie dealer (Mec specialist) to know how to reset the counter? DAS For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- [...] > Thanks Josh and Tiger for the info. I'll try the procedure ASAP. For the > life of me I couldn't find the instructions on the SLK Owner's Manual. I > do read it when desperate, ha, ha. > Have you compared sevice costs main/franchised dealer vis-a-vis independent? > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >>life of me I couldn't find the instructions on the SLK Owner's Manual. I >>do read it when desperate, ha, ha. Thanks, Dori, for your comments. 1) I have compared the repair/maintenance costs and the independent's are about 15% to 20% of the dealer's, depending on the nature of the job. Most of the time they only change oil, filters, brake pads and rotors. 2) The fact that the independents don't know Mercs' intimately does not bother me because I never take my cars to them except for routine maintenance jobs. Any major required services or jobs are handled by my MB dealer who, by the way, is excellent. 3) I cannot blame anybody but myself for not "finding" the counter reset procedure in the Owners Manual. Obviously I had a senior moment. Hernando That is an extaordinary gap. The independent is no more than a fifth of the official dealer. That's actually hard to believe on a like-for-like basis...but if you say so... DAS For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- [...] > 1) I have compared the repair/maintenance costs and the independent's are > about 15% to 20% of the dealer's, depending on the nature of the job. Most > of the time they only change oil, filters, brake pads and rotors. [...] <snip> > Another thing: would it not be reasonable to expect a decent indie > dealer (Mec specialist) to know how to reset the counter? Good point! This seems a bad sign... |
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