[Smiffy42]

I am in the UK and have a 2013 Cruze LTZ 1.7 diesel. I have changed the oil and serviced the car but can't reset the warning messages. There is no oil condition setting before anyone suggests that. I have searched the site and tried the ideas I have found but no success sadly.

Thanks in anticipation

Richard

 

[silverbullett]

I know in the us for pretty much all Chevys you just hit the brake 3 times with the car in the on position (not started) worked on my cruze and my cobalt.


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[Merc6]

Page 258 using the menu button and the button on the end of the turn signal stalk

http://www.chevrolet.com/content/da...merica/usa/nscwebsite/en/Home/Ownership/Manuals and Videos/02_pdf/2k13cruze.pdf

How to Reset the Engine Oil Life System

Reset the system whenever the
engine oil is changed so that the
system can calculate the next
engine oil change. To reset the
system:

1. Using the DIC MENU button and thumb wheel,
scroll until you reach REMAINING OIL LIFE on the DIC


2. Press the SET button to reset
the oil life at 100%. When
prompted, use the thumb wheel

to highlight YES or NO. Press
the SET/CLEAR button to
confirm.


Be careful not to reset the oil life
display accidentally at any time
other than after the oil is changed.
It cannot be reset accurately.

 

[Eddy Cruze]

I know in the us for pretty much all Chevys you just hit the brake 3 times with the car in the on position (not started) worked on my cruze and my cobalt.


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Pumping your Breaks 3 times would not reset your Oil Life Monitor in the CRUZE? What page do you see that on? What other Brake pumping features are available?

 

[iKermit]

I know in the us for pretty much all Chevys you just hit the brake 3 times with the car in the on position (not started) worked on my cruze and my cobalt.


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LMAO.

You forgot the honk the horn twice while putting your rear left Window down.

Wait your serious?

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[Mick]

LMAO.

You forgot the honk the horn twice while putting your rear left Window down.

--Posting this from my toaster--

No dude, that's how you reset the TPMS. Why you giving bad advice?

 

[grs1961]

Early Korean-built Cruzen you could reset the oil-life monitor by turning the ignition to on without starting and fully depress accelerator pedal 3 times in 5 seconds then turn ignition off.

 

[Merc6]

Early Korean-built Cruzen you could reset the oil-life monitor by turning the ignition to on without starting and fully depress accelerator pedal 3 times in 5 seconds then turn ignition off.

This his how it was done on the older GM cars. My OLM on my Buick Century never went off for 3 (4500 mile) oil changes after I reset it.

 

[Eddy Cruze]

Did we find out is it the brake or accelerator pedal? Common mistake!

 

[Merc6]

Did we find out is it the brake or accelerator pedal? Common mistake!

For the older cars, gas pedal *now the song is in my head again*

Us Cruze use the stuff I posted in #3 post above.

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[Smiffy42]

Thanks for all the replies but sadly nothing has worked. I have tried all the options suggested including the rear window honking option but nothing works. Tried the brake and accelerator 3 times thing and there is no Remaining Oil Life setting on my DIC menu so this is not an option either. Tried asking Chevy UK but they just said talk to the dealer, and the dealer doesn't answer their phone.

Will keep trying the dealer until I get through but if anyone has any other ideas then please suggest them.

Richard

 

[Merc6]

Thanks for all the replies but sadly nothing has worked. I have tried all the options suggested including the rear window honking option but nothing works. Tried the brake and accelerator 3 times thing and there is no Remaining Oil Life setting on my DIC menu so this is not an option either. Tried asking Chevy UK but they just said talk to the dealer, and the dealer doesn't answer their phone.

Will keep trying the dealer until I get through but if anyone has any other ideas then please suggest them.

Richard

Try the guys in the 1.6 section of this forum. Someone there had to have changed the oil a few times in there.


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[Chevy Customer Care]

Hi Smiffy42,

I understand that you are having some difficulties with resetting the service warning message in your vehicle. I will be happy to look further into this for you and possibly contact your dealer and discuss this with them. Feel free to send us a private message with your full contact information, VIN, current mileage, and dealership name if our assistance is needed. We will be happy to help!

Kristen A.
Chevrolet Customer Care

 

[TX CTD]

Just an FYI for when someone else drags this post up in a search.

You our have to reset this with the car off, it doesn't work if the car is running.

 

[ChrisR]

Sorry to Bump this old thread....

I have the same issue, have done own service (filters x 3, oil, fluids etc), as always have been able to do the basics!

The option to reset oil life does not exist on the menu, 'pumping while not running' does not work!

In desperation, popped to the local dealer (Stone Acre from where the car was purchased NEW), who want a staggering £ 60 plus VAT for sticking on the diagnostic machine, plus £ 12.00 for labor. So £ 86.40 just to remove the oil life and service now messages. Shocking! This of course is included in the service price of 139.00, but paying that to change oil, check fluids, oil, air, cabin filters is ott, especially as there are service manuals out there so the 'hobbist' can do simple things. Blimey (edited due to ****), I have successfully changed timing belts on other marks in the past...

To me this is a dealership practice that is restrictive. YES I will buy the car from you, but you cannot dictate WHO, WHERE, WHEN I service the vehicle... its not like Chevvy is still in the UK...

Couple of Questions..

1) was there a software update that should of been made to the car to enable the in-car reset of this ?

2) Failing that, does any UK owners know of where this could be done at a sensible price (GM / Vaux Garage maybe) in the South Yorkshire area

3) Any 3rd party OBD2 tool that WORKS! (don't want to waste £ on a tool that does not), and will retain the vehicle for at least another 3 years.

Any advice, pointers, very much appreciated

Many Thanks

Chris

 

[NickD]

In the USA is easy, with the ignition on have to hit that center direction signal lever button to get into maintenance mode, then twist the end knob to get into the oil remaining window, hold the end button down until the oil remaining indicator shows 100%.

Ha, when my wife was playing with these buttons, managed to do it all by herself. But this is a UK vehicle and I bet your steering wheel is on the right hand side of your Cruze.

In the US, its explained in the owners manual, may take a half a day to find it, very poor index and about 400 extra pages of safety information that is constantly repeated. What does your UK owners manual look like?

Some of this digital stuff is absurd like a Dell Axim 5, to reset it have to hold something like five buttons down and tap the the sixth one ten times within one second.

 

[minthedog]

Hi Chris


Did you manage to get an answer to any of your questions? I own a UK Chevrolet 1.7 and I am in the same boat as you where I can easily service my own car, but don't have the function to reset the "change oil/service now" message. I also found out that if I don't reset it, my DPF stops working until the messages were reset as DPF light flashed up everytime started car, but extinguished after 1 minute (had to get it reset by local dealer) the logic being that the ECU communicates to the DPF that the oil has been replenished. Anyway, any ideas how I can avoid the expensive reset function by taking it to local dealer?

Thanks, Mike

 

[ChevyGuy]

There's nothing in the owner's manual? I realize it might be different from the US one, but I'd think it should be in the manual.

 

[glenn666]

i have the same problem i cant reset the oil service on my 2013 ueropean cruze i just dont find any menu for it in the car?

 

[Aussie]

Have you tried going to a diesel mechanic that works on trucks to see if he can tell you how to do it. If the dealer does it you still won't know how to do it yourself. I have a Holden Cruze 2.0L TD, but I have the menu reset option on mine and do it myself after every oil change.