How to reset the maintenance avatar on the dash.
I have preformed all the maintenance on my smart as I frankly cannot afford the dealers charges. ($120 for an oil change). After I do the maintenance,of course, I still keep getting the little wrench icon that appears on the dash. I am up to 53 days. How do I reset it?? I have done what it says to do in the manual and it does not work. It involves pressing the bottom left button a prescribed number of times etc etc. What is the real secret. I hate that wrench everytime I startup. My smart is a 2010 pure with 7500 miles on it. Anyone have an answer ... thanks in advance.
Tags: avatar, icon, maintenance, wrench
Views: 58
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Jim and Ann Brown on -
Howdy, Red,
I too have so far been able to perform all my required and recommended services, including changing the oil, which I choose to do every 5,000 miles. Knock wood -- I have never had to visit a dealer. My servicing is carefully logged and receipts for such as oil, filters, etc. are filed away on board Munchkin with the Service Manual in case the bad day comes and I want to show them to a dealer.
While I am too fumble-fingered to reset the little wrench easily, I would not waste the time and effort anyway, since I can and do watch the odometer, and I just ignore the wrench. It does not tell me anything I do not know already. If it were possible and worth the effort I would disable this feature.
This is not a recommendation for others, but for me it works. In fact in my case it works better than would resetting the little wrench, since I choose a 5,000 mile oil change schedule and I would have to reset it twice as often..
Jim
-
Permalink Reply by Robert Ricewasser on -
The best directions that I have found are on: www.evilution.com/co.uk. Watch the video and follow the prompts. Timing is everything. Make sure the button is depressed when you switch the key back on.
find a
smart center
Photos
Videos
© 2013 Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.
