service spanner flashing

[nichere]

hi everyone

can anyone help me ??
i had my renault laguna serviced by a garage and not renault, since it was done the service spanner on the milometer flashes saying i need a service.
does anyone know a trick of how to get rid of this other than taking it to renault who charged me a fortune for the service i had done on it when i first needed one after buying it,hense thats why i went to a garage the next time it needed servicing.
cheers hope someone might be able to help me

[boatman]

Have a look here:

http://www.parkers.co.uk/advice/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=8
Parker's Discussion Board - Ownership Problems

Probably press and hold the mileage reset button for 10 seconds.

[inmypocketnottheirs]

Are you sure it doesn't tell you in the handbook, my Mercedes book does! Alternatively the garage who services your car should have a book that tells them how to do it also.

[tomstickland]

Some cars need a service reset tool. My 15 year old BMW needs a £10 reset tool that basically shorts two terminals on the diagnostics plug for 5s.

[tonyivb]

We had the same thing on our VW Golf... a quick search on google showed a way of getting rid of it without the reset tool.

It was something like depress the mileage button (call yourself a button, I've seen better buttons on a Matsui microvave), turn the ignition key and release the button.

[nichere]

hi everyone
thank you all for the help it tells me on the parkers web site(very very useful site if you have a car problem) apparently i have to keep the milage button pressed in till it flashes 8 times??
thanks again for all your help hopefully will be able to help you all one day???