How to reset "engine oil change required".

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2010 MERCURY MARINER
28,000 MILES

How to reset "engine oil change required" message on 2010 mariner?

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 AT 12:44 AM

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ASEMASTER6371

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Message Center Configuration

Oil Life Reset

NOTE: The oil life calculation is set at a maximum of approximately 12,070 km (7,500 miles) or 180 days.

NOTE: The XXXs in the steps below represent a numeric value and will display the correct number in percent. For example; OIL LIFE = XXX% may display OIL LIFE = 45%.

Press and release the SETUP button until the message center displays OIL LIFE = XXX% HOLD RESET = NEW.
Press and hold the RESET button for 2 seconds and release to reset the oil life to 100%.
The message center displays OIL LIFE SET TO 100%.

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Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 AT 12:46 AM

T1DENNIS

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2005 MERCURY MARINER
100,000 MILES

My oil change light keeps coming on what can I do, I had the oil and filter changed it went off but has since started coming off and on. The performance does not seem to have changed but this light has my wife worried and I am not sure what the problem can be, I did check the fuse

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Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019 AT 6:18 PM (Merged)

SATURNTECH9

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Hello,

You need to follow this procedure on how to reset the oil life monitor. Check out the diagrams (Below). Please let us know if you need anything else to get the problem fixed.

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