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8/17/2008
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So long as you've replaced the pad sensors all you need to do is reset the service interval light.This is done.......
Turn on the ignition and wait for all the dash displays to settle.
Hold down the trip reset button on the instrument cluster, an exclamation mark inside a triangle will appear on the small screen in the centre.
Keep holding.
The next service due will then appear
Release the button.
If it not the symbol for the brakes you have just replaced then you can cycle through the service intervals by repeatedly pressing the trip reset button.
Once you have found the corresponding brake symbol hold the trip reset button in.
'Reset?' will then appear.
Release and rehold the button until it resets.
The release and turn the ignition off and back on to check.
Sometimes they can be tempremental, if so just keep trying until it resets.
Rich.
Yes you have to replace the sensors when you replace the pads or the light will not reset.
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