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Dacia service warning light
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Dacia service warning light
Our daily driver is a 2018 Dacia Sandero Stepway - bought new for £9k and still worth £7k even as part exchange great car does everything you want - good drive ,reliable and good mpg - one thing really annoys me though is each year when it's gets to its anniversary the bloody service reminder light comes on irrespective of how liitle mileage you've done - must be programmed to come on every 12 months -thing is there is no way you can reset it other than the Dacia main dealer so you're locked in to getting it serviced through them - the 1st generation model you could reset but mine is the 2nd generation and apparently Dacia has the only software that can reset it - as it's now just coming out of warranty I would prefer to get it serviced at my trusted ( and much cheaper ) local garage but I can't unless I pay Dacia £100 to reset the warning light ! is there any way you can physically disconnect warning lights or is that just wishful thinking
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Have you asked your local garage if they can reset it? Some of them have very good software devices these days, I’d go & have a chat with them
My bmw motorbike was similar, service engine light was impossible for the home mechanic to reset without spending thousands on professional level diagnostics or let bmw service the machine, my local indi programmed it to stay off for 40 years for £20 and a packet of jam doughnuts
Rob
My bmw motorbike was similar, service engine light was impossible for the home mechanic to reset without spending thousands on professional level diagnostics or let bmw service the machine, my local indi programmed it to stay off for 40 years for £20 and a packet of jam doughnuts
Rob
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its possible, it might be very very easy lol
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yes I've heard about this method - unfortunately it only works for 17 reg cars and before - obviously the little Dacia rascals have devised some software that prevents this
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Smartbear wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 3:50 pm Have you asked your local garage if they can reset it? Some of them have very good software devices these days, I’d go & have a chat with them
My bmw motorbike was similar, service engine light was impossible for the home mechanic to reset without spending thousands on professional level diagnostics or let bmw service the machine, my local indi programmed it to stay off for 40 years for £20 and a packet of jam doughnuts
Rob
Hi Rob - yes I will ask - as you say it's worth a try - quite like the idea of 40 years - if I'm still alive I'll only be 112