thorin

folks,
changed the oil in the C5 yesterday, pretty easy job. when i went thru
the steps to reset my oil life expectancy message, the numbers are
replaced with "_ _ _", and so far, 100% hasn't shown up yet.
when i got back in the car today, it showed the old percentage. resetting
again puts the same "_ _ _" (without the quotes) where the numbers
should be.
am i doing something wrong? all advice or comments welcome.
:seeya

C5 Chet

Engine off --- key on.
Hold for several seconds.
It's in your manual.

carpe dm

The easiest, and I think best, way to reset the message is to turn the ket to the "on" position, (car not running) and push down the excellerator peddle three times. Done! GM did this easy way so any grease monk...., I mean technition,..... could do it without getting dirty fingers on the dash. :yesnod: :smash: :D

silversport

Seez:

(U know, the day) sorry, That iz Y this Forum is so great...I did not know that...cool!!! :chevy :seeya :lol: :yesnod: :cheers: :cool: :D :jester

thorin

thanks guys! my mistake was in resetting the switch with the
engine on......
:seeya

DsC5

I just made the same mistake, I must have tried it 3 or 4 times with the engine running. Thanks for answering the question. :cheers:

RoliO

Tried this yesterday to see if it works. I'll be dammed, it did. :) Now if I can only undo the reset and go back to the 85% that was on it before I reset it.... :D Thanks for the tip.

Tormania

Incredible! 3 years on the Forum and I'm STILL learning new stuff about the car!!! :crazy: :crazy: :lol: :lol:

NEED FOR SPEED

That pushing the pedal 3 times is a new one on me!!!!!! :yesnod: :cool:

RoliO

Trust me, it works! :yesnod: I wonder what will reset if you only push the pedal 2 times? :lol:

NICKNICK

If you turn the key to "on", put in reverse, toot the horn twice and can get the passenger window going down it will take 500 miles off the odometer. ;) ;) Who said C5Tech knows all?? :)

TeeJay

Speaking of stupid pet tricks, how about checking the odometer by turning the headlight switch on without so much as they key in the ignition! I kind of backed into this one by noticing the odometer coming up on the DIC whenever I turned the ignition off while the headlights were on.

Grzldvt

Cool trick :cool: I changed oil this weekend and could not get mine reset this time following the instructions in the manual. I was also getting the flat line and having it come back to the original %. This worked....

Cosmo Kramer

Cool. This is how I've reset the oil life monitor for my '00 Tahoe. Didn't know it would work for the Vette too.

BA2

carpe dm,

This is great info. If it really told you the oil life it would reset itself. It's a bunch of BS oil life.

Thanks,