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This thread confirms what I have known for some time now.
Going to the dealer may be more expensive, but it's mentally taxing and just easier.
For me, that's priceless.
Going to the dealer for me is a 4 hour process each time and $350 cost to just reset the oil nag light each time. Buy Autel 808 for $373 and then it is 5 minute process never leaving my garage and free after first time. Going to the dealer neither easier nor less expensive for me……except I do get bottomless cappuccino while sitting at the dealership waiting on my car for hours.
This thread confirms what I have known for some time now.
Going to the dealer may be more expensive, but it's mentally taxing and just easier.
For me, that's priceless.
that’s debatable. At my last 3 year service they also replaced my door speaker that was rattling. A few weeks later I found they reinstalled the door panel wrong, did not even brother to put all clips back. My trust in those dealer techs is gone if they can’t even install a door panel. This time they quoted me $3500 for the 4 year service (fluids, filters, brake fluid flush). I did at my Indy for 1/3. Gave him the list what is supposed to be done as quoted by the dealer and he did with OEM parts and I trust he did it right.
I don't like other people working on my stuff, but I also think anything worth doing is worth doing right. So if you aren't committed to the goal of doing an as good or better job than a dealer, then you should probably leave it to a dealer / well vetted shop.
I was able to successfully reset the oil change and cabin filter service intervals via Smart Service in the PCM. It logs every service reset, so I was able to see every time the dealership used the PCM Smart Service to reset the intervals. For reference, I have a ‘22 C2S.
I was able to successfully reset the oil change and cabin filter service intervals via Smart Service in the PCM. It logs every service reset, so I was able to see every time the dealership used the PCM Smart Service to reset the intervals. For reference, I have a ‘22 C2S.
so buddy was correct and we were all wrong?? lol nice.
good news 22 and up should be able to log and reset their oil changes. Nice!
so buddy was correct and we were all wrong?? lol nice.
good news 22 and up should be able to log and reset their oil changes. Nice!
It would seem the newer cars definitely have that ability. The only thing I’m trying to figure out is how to get the next service interval date of my choosing to save and to clear it off the dash. Smart Service only partially allowed me to clear it. I think it’s designed to work in conjunction with PIWIS3, so Smart Service, alone, is NOT a complete fix.
It would seem the newer cars definitely have that ability. The only thing I’m trying to figure out is how to get the next service interval date of my choosing to save and to clear it off the dash. Smart Service only partially allowed me to clear it. I think it’s designed to work in conjunction with PIWIS3, so Smart Service, alone, is NOT a complete fix.
In PCSS any procedure that needs a PIWIS gives PIWIS procedures. The smart service items do not give any PIWIS procedures in PCSS (for MY2024). I'm not trying to say I'm right, but if I'm wrong I need to figure out why I can't find a PIWIS procedure on how to do this (for MY2024).
So you are saying you do not have the option underlined in red available for your service items?
P.S. attached a form for those that want to keep some nice looking paper records. Plenty more where that came from on PCSS.
You have to enter the new expiration date? Doesn't it have an oil life minder, with a default to one year if the minder doesn't trigger (due to low number of miles driven)? On no other car do you manually enter any of the service dates, they work automatically. Whether you can retrieve them without the PIWIS is a different story, I really don't care when the next interval is, as long as the car tells me when it gets there.
Full circle to post # 4 again. Ha ha. Thanks again for running it down and reporting!
Yes! Just cleared the dash notification using @f4bones PIWIS3.
Originally Posted by Mike818
In PCSS any procedure that needs a PIWIS gives PIWIS procedures. The smart service items do not give any PIWIS procedures in PCSS (for MY2024). I'm not trying to say I'm right, but if I'm wrong I need to figure out why I can't find a PIWIS procedure on how to do this (for MY2024).
So you are saying you do not have the option underlined in red available for your service items?
P.S. attached a form for those that want to keep some nice looking paper records. Plenty more where that came from on PCSS.
Yes those items underlined in red are there, and yes, you can clear/reset those items…..however, it does not reset the service warning on the dash itself. We had to use PIWIS3 to do that and actually reset the interval.
Originally Posted by nyca
You have to enter the new expiration date? Doesn't it have an oil life minder, with a default to one year if the minder doesn't trigger (due to low number of miles driven)? On no other car do you manually enter any of the service dates, they work automatically. Whether you can retrieve them without the PIWIS is a different story, I really don't care when the next interval is, as long as the car tells me when it gets there.
It doesn’t require the expiration date, but Smart Service doesn’t save the expiration date entry…..possibly because it defaults to one year.
Yes those items underlined in red are there, and yes, you can clear/reset those items…..however, it does not reset the service warning on the dash itself. We had to use PIWIS3 to do that and actually reset the interval.
04-20-2024, 08:51 AM
