change oil message?

Dave Ribeiro · 08-17-2009, 08:07 PM

Greg,

Try putting the key in the on position and pump the gas pedal three times quick.. Remember the truck is not running... This will reset the oil change unit light ... I think ???
It did on all my suburbans... LOL ,, Hope you keep that Olds....... Dave,

Tom keedle · 08-17-2009, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave Ribeiro

Greg,

Try putting the key in the on position and pump the gas pedal three times quick.. Remember the truck is not running... This will reset the oil change unit light ... I think ???
It did on all my suburbans... LOL ,, Hope you keep that Olds....... Dave,

my '00 takes 5 pumps BUT i've ran into some that 3 works.
3 or 5 times but not REAL quick.
i gotta do that crap all the time.
sometimes i'm too fast pumping the accelerator and the 'puter can't keep up..

btw, the trucks usually take 5 pumps and the cars 3...

Rob Petrie E395 · 08-17-2009, 09:05 PM

Three pumps seems to do the job for me on most of the GM models we service to reset it. One other note concerning the oil service life indicator and other lights on your GM vehicle when equipt with onstar. If you have Onstar it monitors your vehicle and will send you a email when you need a oil change as well as other servicing needed lights or check engine lights. The bad part of this is GM knows exactly how long any light has been on via onstar and some bad dealers are trying to use this as yet another way to deny warranty claims. One of my good customers is fighting GM over this right now because his DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) has gone bad and while he did change his oil as recomended he did not always reset his engine oil service message, so they are blaming it on not changing the oil properly and trying to deny the claim and so far it is working for them.

08-17-2009, 08:07 PM	#1
Dave Ribeiro VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Williamsburg, Va.---USA Posts: 1,827 Likes: 1,612 Liked 56 Times in 27 Posts	Re: change oil message? Greg, Try putting the key in the on position and pump the gas pedal three times quick.. Remember the truck is not running... This will reset the oil change unit light ... I think ??? It did on all my suburbans... LOL ,, Hope you keep that Olds....... Dave, __________________ Dave Ribeiro 1033 STK

08-17-2009, 09:05 PM	#3
Rob Petrie E395 VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Woodlawn IL Posts: 1,092 Likes: 162 Liked 216 Times in 77 Posts	Re: change oil message? Three pumps seems to do the job for me on most of the GM models we service to reset it. One other note concerning the oil service life indicator and other lights on your GM vehicle when equipt with onstar. If you have Onstar it monitors your vehicle and will send you a email when you need a oil change as well as other servicing needed lights or check engine lights. The bad part of this is GM knows exactly how long any light has been on via onstar and some bad dealers are trying to use this as yet another way to deny warranty claims. One of my good customers is fighting GM over this right now because his DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) has gone bad and while he did change his oil as recomended he did not always reset his engine oil service message, so they are blaming it on not changing the oil properly and trying to deny the claim and so far it is working for them.