Instrumentation – FORD 1998 Explorer User Manual

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indications, you should only perform the following procedure after you
have the oil changed.

Oil change reset

Press the OIL CHANGE RESET
control to reset the oil life feature to
100% (or your personalized oil reset
percentage). After you have the oil
changed, you must press and hold
the OIL CHANGE RESET control
for five seconds. The message
center will count down for five
seconds. After a successful reset,
the message center will display OIL
LIFE RESET TO 100%. (If you have
established a personalized oil reset
percentage, the display will show
that percentage instead of 100%.) This reset procedure should be
performed only after an oil change to ensure accurate oil life indications.

Your personalized oil reset percentage allows you to establish a smaller
oil change interval than the manufacturer’s recommended interval. To
establish your personalized oil reset percentage:

1. Press and hold the OIL CHANGE RESET control and press the RESET
control while the display is still counting down the 5 seconds to reset.
The display will change to START OIL LIFE AT XXX%.

2. Press the OIL CHANGE RESET control until the displayed percentage
is the personalized oil reset percentage you desire. Your choices are
100%, 90%, 80%, 70%, 60%, 50%, 40% and 30%.

1. Press the RESET control to
complete the procedure. Pressing
any control other than RESET or
OIL CHANGE RESET will abort this
procedure and will not establish
your new personalized oil reset
percentage.

When your personalized oil reset
percentage has been established, it
will be used beginning with the
completion of your next OIL
CHANGE RESET procedure.

ENGLISH/

METRIC

RANGE

STATUS

ECON

RESET

SYSTEM

CHECK

OIL

CHANGE

RESET

FUEL

ENGLISH/

METRIC

RANGE

STATUS

ECON

RESET

SYSTEM

CHECK

OIL

CHANGE

RESET

FUEL

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