"maintenance - oil" still showing up after an oil change?

kittens · 07-12-2013, 05:09 PM

I took my car to the dealer to take care of the steering lock issue and also a synthetic oil change, but I am still seeing the maintenance oil icon when I start the car. Has this happened to anyone else? I am wondering if they actually changed my oil

JARblue · 07-12-2013, 05:12 PM

Is the reminder set in the Maintenance settings menu of the leftmost instrument panel display?

If you or the previous service tech used it, the most recent tech might not have reset it.

kittens · 07-12-2013, 05:14 PM

yep. so it has to manually be reset?

didymus · 07-12-2013, 05:44 PM

Yes. it isn't difficult

JARblue · 07-12-2013, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kittens

yep. so it has to manually be reset?

They are just reminders based on mileage. When you hit the mileage set for each maintenance item (oil, filter, tires), the corresponding indicator light comes on. You have to reset it to turn the indicator light off (set the reminder to 0 miles to turn it off completely).

critical · 07-12-2013, 06:40 PM

if you have the nav there's two places you can set reminders-in the nav unit and on the left small digital gauge.

kenchan · 07-12-2013, 06:55 PM

Yah, that obc is confusing at first

Nissan needed to use a push button dial

07-12-2013, 05:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
kittens Enthusiast Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Central NJ Posts: 412 Drives: 2009 Nissan 370Z Rep Power: 11	"maintenance - oil" still showing up after an oil change? I took my car to the dealer to take care of the steering lock issue and also a synthetic oil change, but I am still seeing the maintenance oil icon when I start the car. Has this happened to anyone else? I am wondering if they actually changed my oil

07-12-2013, 05:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 43 Posts: 36,449 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684440	Is the reminder set in the Maintenance settings menu of the leftmost instrument panel display? If you or the previous service tech used it, the most recent tech might not have reset it. __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

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07-12-2013, 05:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
kittens Enthusiast Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Central NJ Posts: 412 Drives: 2009 Nissan 370Z Rep Power: 11	yep. so it has to manually be reset?

07-12-2013, 05:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
didymus Track Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Providence / Boston Posts: 564 Drives: 280 / 370Z Rep Power: 305	Yes. it isn't difficult

07-12-2013, 06:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
critical A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Washington Posts: 1,252 Drives: 09' 370z 7AT Rep Power: 15	if you have the nav there's two places you can set reminders-in the nav unit and on the left small digital gauge.

07-12-2013, 06:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141520	Yah, that obc is confusing at first Nissan needed to use a push button dial