Thursday, January 12, 2012

How do you reset the miles on the dash of a Mini Cooper after oil change?

A coworker recently purchased a Mini Cooper (2004). She just took it in for an oil change and the local garage does not know how to reset the dash to reflect the miles for the next oil change. How do you do this?How do you reset the miles on the dash of a Mini Cooper after oil change?
After completing the required maintenance, the service indicator may be reset as follows:



Place the ignition switch in the Off position.

Press and hold TRIP RESET button, then place ignition switch in the On position.

Keep button depressed until Oil Service or Inspection is displayed, then release the button.

Press and hold TRIP RESET button for 5 seconds until RST is displayed.

While display is blinking, press button to reset service interval.

The new service interval will be displayed for 5 seconds.

Place ignition switch in Off position.

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Although a quick check through the Owner's Manual did not show this procedure, you may want to go here;

https://ol.miniusa.com/Default.aspx

and download it for future reference. Or if it's not free from there, let me know, and I can try to figure out where I got my copy, or e-mail you one.How do you reset the miles on the dash of a Mini Cooper after oil change?
Resetting Oil Service Light on your 2002 - 2006 MINI Cooper and Cooper S, and 2007 - 2008 MINI Convertibles:



1) Press and hold the trip button

2) Insert key and turn to position 1

3) Watch for RESET to appear

4) Release the button, then press %26amp; hold it again

5) Wait for the RESET to flash

6) Release the button, and then press %26amp; release (once only)

7) Service interval should then be reset to next interval



If that didn't work, try this:



1. Push the Trip Button

2. Turn ignition key to position 1 and 51A will appear to left of mileage

3. Release trip button

4. Wait 3 seconds

5. Push trip button

6. Wait (5-8 seconds) for RST to appear in left corner

7. Release trip button

8. Push trip button

9. 15000 will appear as new service interval

10. Release trip buttonHow do you reset the miles on the dash of a Mini Cooper after oil change?
Should be a little plastic push button indicator on steering wheel that list oil change mileage or % of oil vistoscity.

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