hey guys i just got my oil changed and in the process of trying to reset my mid, but for some reason this time around it's not resetting.

i've done it before about 3 months back and it resetted just fine. i'm 100% sure i used the same directions that i read from this oil change DIY

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/d-i-y-oil-change-pics-3g-garage-c-004-a-599067/

here's a quote of what i did

so i pressed the button and went to this screen


than i held down the RESET button for 10 seconds and this pops up eventually



i hold it down for another 10 seconds to a whole damn minute and it still doesnt do anything.... i press the ^ or down button to make that screen go away and proceed to hold RES for another 10 seconds and it still doesn't do anything.

am i doing something wrong? i mean i'm following the exact same instructions i did the first time, but it's not working. could it be because i let it go all the way down to 0%? (the life indicator for the other oil change was only down to about 5%-15% when it was serviced)

 

At least on the 04s (pardon if it's different in the 07-08s) but if that orange message window shows up you press and hold the reset for a few seconds to bring up the reset option.


dont navigate out of the orange reset screen. I just did it the other day on my 04.

 

Try holding it down for 20 secs. It should more than likely work. The same prob happened to mine.

 

I think with the 07+ you shouldn't have the orange screen. Toggle out of it but ensure you have the 0% on the screen (I can't remember but i think there is one toggle for just the oil life only with no trip monitor) get to that screen, ensure car is on and in park or neutral and hold down the reset button for 10-15 seconds (until it brings up the reset prompt).

This is how it's done on our 07 RDX, haven't had to do it for the TL yet.

 

Honestly, dude - it's in your owner's manual.

Let us know if it doesn't seem clear in there. I have an '06, and the method in the manual works just fine.

 

thanks all. finally got it to reset. thanks to the above posters.

this is what i did. turned key to II position (2nd click, car does not start) went through the mid to where it says Trip A or Trip B and also displays the oil life below the "TRIP". held the RESET button for 10 secs than i got that orange display again. this time i held the RESET button for another 15+ secs or so and it finally said something about maintenance and displayed press up or down to cancel or press ok to reset.

and to death, you're right. for my 2008 TL it's located on page 281 labeled "RESETTING THE ENGINE OIL LIFE INDICATOR".

thanks all

 

Does that graphic mean that you were 2,399 miles past 0%?

 

 

No, no, no. It's a legitimate question because for the people using synthetic oil, they wouldn't have to change the oil when the MID tells them to because it's configured for dino oil. I'm currently using synthetic for the first time, and have been wondering what I should do when my MID alerts me to change the oil

 

for me i follow the MID even I use Mobile 1 extend performance oil. I feel like it just easier to follow it then keeping track by myself on when to do oil change

 

yeah, i was 2400 miles past 0%. when the MID told me to service my oil, i had only about ~5000 miles on the mobil 1 ep 5w-30 i put in, so i decided to drive another 2500 miles, making it a total of 7500 miles on that oil.

i try and do my oil changes every 7500 miles, so i don't really go by the mid.

 

Might as well use Dino Oil or Regular Mobil 1. The MID tells you to change the oil too early for an oil like M1 EP.

but if you don't mind spending the extra money and if it helps you sleep better then go ahead and stick with EP.

 

I've had a hard time too when the oil life is at 0%; the "service due now" message pops up instead of the "reset" option. Sometimes continuing to hold the button doesn't seem to matter.

Never had an issue when I did changes with more than 0%.

 

I think I'm going to do the same thing. I'm using Redline and I think it would be a waste to change it before 7500 miles

 

Me neither. I drove just over 7k miles on Valvoline synthetic 5w-20. Changed it last weekend.

BMW's intervals are 15k. Surely we could do half that.

 

Depending on the oil, filter and driving conditions. 15k intervals are possible.

 

The problem with not following the MID is not the oil, it is the filter.

Most filters only last about 5k miles. Cheap ones last 2-3k.

If you're going synthetic, get a more expensive filter like Mobil 1 EP filter, Royal Purple Synthetic filter, Redline, Amsoil, etc...