I just had my oil changed on saturday and on the way home the change oil soon message came up. Freaking idiots didn't reset it. On top of all that they didn't use fender covers either. So I had oily hand prints on my fenders. Oil running down the drivers door handle. WTF? This is something I would think suitable from a grease shop NOT the dealership.

Anyway, is there a way to reset that stupid thing?

 

Really, I mean really.....am I the only person who received a manual with my truck?

 

Apparently you are. Probably took you the same amount of time to type a worthless comment as it would to answer the question.

 

Let's start over.

Yes, there is a way to reset the oil change counter. The procedure can be found in your owner's manual. If you don't have the manual, it can be downloaded from the Ford website.

Is that better?

 

Just in case someone else is looking for the same. Thanks for the help a$$ clowns.

STANDARD MESSAGE CENTER (IF EQUIPPED)
With the ignition in the on position, the message center, located on your
instrument cluster, displays important vehicle information through a
constant monitor of vehicle systems. You may select display features
on the message center for a display of status preceded by a brief
indicator chime. The system will also notify you of potential vehicle
problems with a display of system warnings followed by a long indicator
chime.
Selectable features
Press and release the SELECT/RESET stem, located in the speedometer,
to scroll and reset the following functions. Select or reset the function by
pressing and holding the SELECT/RESET stem for more than two
seconds.

Setup Menu
Press and hold the SELECT/RESET stem to get into the SETUP menu
sequence from the INFO menu for the following items:
• Oil Life
• Units (English/Metric)
• Rear Park Aid (if equipped)
• Autolamp (if equipped)
• Autolock (if equipped)
• Autounlock (if equipped)
• Easy Entry (if equipped)
• Trailer Sway (if equipped)
• Language
• Reset to English–if in another language (see Note below)
Note: When returning to the
SETUP menu and a non-English
language has been selected, HOLD
RESET FOR ENGLISH will be
displayed to change back to English.
Press and hold the SELECT/RESET
stem to change back to English.
Oil Life XXX% HOLD RESET = NEW
An oil change is required whenever indicated by the message center.
USE ONLY RECOMMENDED ENGINE OILS.

To reset the oil monitoring system to 100% after each oil change
[approximately 7,500 miles (12,000 km) or six months] perform the
following:
1. Press and release the
SELECT/RESET stem to display OIL
LIFE = XXX% HOLD RESET =
NEW.
2. Press and hold the
SELECT/RESET stem for two
seconds and release. Oil life is set to
100% and “OIL LIFE SET TO 100%”
is displayed.
3. While “OIL LIFE SET TO 100%”
is displayed, if a lower oil life start value is desired, press and release the
RESET control to reduce the start value. Each press of the
SELECT/RESET stem reduces the value by 10 percent.
Note: Oil life start value of 100% equals 7,500 miles (12,000 km) or six
months. For example, setting oil life start value to 60% sets the oil life
start value to 4,500 miles (7,200 km) and 108 days.


OPTIONAL MESSAGE CENTER (IF EQUIPPED)
With the ignition in the on position, the message center, located on your
instrument cluster, displays important vehicle information through a
constant monitor of vehicle systems. You may select display features
on the message center for a display of status preceded by a brief
indicator chime. The system will also notify you of potential vehicle
problems with a display of system warnings followed by a long indicator
chime.
Selectable features
Reset
Press this control to select and reset
functions shown in the INFO menu
and SETUP menu.

Setup menu
Press this control for the following
displays:
• Reset For System Check
• Oil Life
• Rear Park Aid (if equipped)
• Running Boards (if equipped)
• Autolamp
• Autolock
• Autounlock
• Easy Entry (if equipped)
• Trailer Sway (if equipped)
• Units (English/Metric)
• Language
• Reset to English (if in another language)

Oil Life XXX% HOLD RESET = NEW
An oil change is required whenever indicated by the message center and
according to the recommended maintenance schedule. USE ONLY
RECOMMENDED ENGINE OILS.
To reset the oil monitoring system to 100% after each oil change
(approximately 7,500 miles [12,000 km] or six months) perform the
following:
1. Press and release the SETUP
control to display “OIL LIFE XXX%
HOLD RESET = NEW”.
2. Press and hold the RESET
control for two seconds and release.
Oil life is set to 100% and “OIL LIFE
SET TO 100%” is displayed.
Note: To change oil life 100% miles value from 7,500 miles (12,000 km)
or six months to another value, proceed to Step 3.
3. Once “OIL LIFE SET TO XXX%” is displayed, release and press the
RESET control switch to change the Oil Life Start Value. Each release
and press will reduce the value by 10%.

 

Looks like you found it in the manual.

 

I scrolled to the oil life indicator and held the re-set button. It went back to 100%.
Di-int read the manual, neither.

The so called 'Techs' tried telling me that it re-set itself according to miles traveled.

Seems as tho the 'Techs' could benefit from reading the manual, too.

 

LOL, you guys are brutal. Dude was just asking a quick question.

 

At the risk of getting flamed, I use synthetic oil. I see the way to lower your oil life from 7,500. Is there a way to raise it to 15,000?

At present, I do reset the life to 100% then to 60%, but I'd rather it just come on when needed.

 

I'm sure people get tired of answering questions that are in the manual, but some people may not know it's in the manual or don't have one. In any case, I read the procedures and thought it was way more complicated than it should be.



I mean, the forums are here to help people, show some patience.

 

(owner's manual) Don't have one ?

 

Thanks Joe, but I have my manual. However, your link may help those folks that don't. I just thought the point of the forums were to try and help those folks that need help. Imagine you're trying to configure a router and you're having problems with the QoS settings and you post to a forum and they tell you to read the proper Cisco manual. Just because you (figuratively, not calling you out) know everything about vehicles doesn't mean everybody does.

 

I think a cool feature is the ability to adjust the reminder down, so if you forget, and drive a bunch of miles, you can manually set it correctly (within 10% increments of course)...