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Old May 9, 2006 | 11:12 PM
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My first post and of course its for help...

I changed the oil for the first time when the DIC got down to 50%. I reset the DIC to recalculate the oil life by displaying the oil life in the DIC and hitting the reset button. The DIC went to a ____% and all seemed well, but when I checked it later it was back to 50%. I tried resetting again and it then recalculated 49%!!!!
What's the dang deal here? Am I short on brains, or is the car!

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Old May 10, 2006 | 04:06 AM
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Your car is telling you that you changed the oil way to soon!
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Old May 10, 2006 | 10:29 AM
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Use the same procedure just don't start the car. Car should be in key on, engine off mode. Hope that helps.


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Old May 10, 2006 | 12:41 PM
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Use the same procedure just don't start the car. Car should be in key on, engine off mode. Hope that helps.


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for some reason the car wnats to have the motor off to do the reset correctly
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Old May 10, 2006 | 03:39 PM
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Key on, engine off, Trip button to oil life percentage. Press reset button for two seconds and OIL LIFE REMAINS 100% appears. By the book.
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