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???