The secret to reseting the service indicator on the 09 smart

[NANO]

Not sure if this has been discussed before

The secret to resetting the service indicator on the 09 smart, not sure if this works with the 08 but this is the way the 09 is reset.



step 1: turnkey on, push left button twice
step 2: turnkey off
step 3: push left button and hold
step 4: while holding left button turnkey on
step 5: wait till 10,000 miles comes up then release left button.

there you have it straight from smart tech, I watched them do it on my smart to reset the indicator and took notes lol!

for some reason they made it very difficult to do it without a few hit and misses, at first if you don’t succeed try and try again.

but this is how you reset your service indicator
hope this help some of you!

[Big Panda]

Seems like the same procedure Joe at SCI used to reset mine. He had to do it a couple times to get it to 'take', but it did.

I think it's all in the timing......

[forestacademy]

Its also in the wrench showing up when you do it. See other thread for more specific details and tips.
Maintenance indicator reset (service wrench)

[rfernatt]

I think I've had better luck with lottery tickets than resetting the maintenance indicator!

I wonder if you can reset it with a custom Scangauge command?

[jediknight36]

Someone should get their camcorder or digicam out and shoot and upload them doing it.

[forestacademy]

Originally Posted by jediknight36

Someone should get their camcorder or digicam out and shoot and upload them doing it.

Sounds Like you just Volunteered. But learn to do it yourself first. Those dealers need to make money doing something.

[jediknight36]

won't happen for another 6K miles

[forestacademy]

Get Driving

[Mike T]

With the 450, the key is to press the button at the same instant as the ignition is turned on.....holding it down seems not to work.

[SmartDigger]

that is how I did mine last month.