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Oct 14, 2009 | 07:59 AM

Wizard1946

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Oil Change Alert Reset

Anyone know how. The owner manual not real clear. Everytime I perform what it says in the manual, it only changes the % of time. I'm really confused. I have an 06'.

Oct 14, 2009 | 12:58 PM

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The reset will change the percentage of "life" remaining on the oil. When you have fresh oil, you have 100% life remaining. When it gets down around 15% you should consider changing the oil. It sounds like you are able to successfully reset to 100%, is that correct?

-Rod

Oct 14, 2009 | 06:39 PM

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Yes, but how do I make the alarm stop popping up on the display

Oct 14, 2009 | 08:59 PM

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Are you following the steps starting on the bottom of page 79 in the owner's manual, or those on page 82? You should be using those on page 79. Do you get the message on the top of page 80 which reads, “OIL LIFE SET TO 100%”? What does the "alarm" message say?

-Rod

Oct 15, 2009 | 10:51 AM

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Got It...
Thanks for the replys and help. Although my manual is different from yours, after I found that there may be a different section than the one I was reading, I found it on page 72. Still took me a few minutes to figure it out but now it don't tell me that the oil needs changing.

Oct 15, 2009 | 01:15 PM

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Glad you got it figured out. I downloaded the 2006 Explorer owner's manual (English) from Fleet Ford, I wonder why it's different from yours.

-Rod

Dec 19, 2009 | 11:03 PM

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Change oil alert cannot be removed

I've just purchased a used 2007 Sport Trac. The oil was changed a couple of days before I got it, and the Need to change oil alert constantly comes on. I have followed the manual (page 76), but I can not get it to read 100%. It seems that when I hold the selection rod down, that step is skipped or not recognized.

Can anyone help me? Thanks.

David

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Jan 14, 2010 | 05:34 PM

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The engine must be off....not running.

Jan 18, 2010 | 09:59 PM

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Change oil alert cannot be removed

Thanks everyone who responded with my problem of the computer refusing to set the oil change alert to 100% and the Oil Change Needed alert not going away. I tried everything, including following the instructions in the manual exactly. And no, the engine was not running when I was trying to reset the oil index.

I finally got the Oil Change Needed alert to go away. I disconnected the battery for about a half hour. When reconnected, the alert was gone, and the oil index was set to 100%.

Apparently there is a glitch in the software program.

David