Originally Posted by
Duncan
Was out in the car today a couple of times today. When I parked up on the drive I saw the service light appear (oil can with spanner) as I turned the ignition off. Turned ignition on andoff again - did the same. As I'm on ECO Flex setting I turned off the ignition and pressed the odometer reset button and voila, the icon appeared again.
What was odd was that it was the icon with no mileage under it. If it had been due a service then it would have initially shown the icon with a 1000 under it, eventually changing to just the icon when it was less than 600 miles to when it reckoned a service was due.
I serviced the car myself back in July and reset the service counter. I know I did it properly as 21,000 appeared under the icon when I pushed the odometer reset with the ignition off. The battery was disconnected for almost 24 hours when I had all the seats out the other day, but that shouldn't be a problem as the manual says "The service interval display takes account of off-the-road periods during which the battery is disconnected." i.e. it remembers the service data even if the battery is disconnected.
EDIT: Just seen this.......
Field Remedy: 1640
Complaint: ECO service flex oil service interval telltale illuminates (much) earlier than specified.
Cause: Software deviation in the instrument MY 2003,5.
Production: Modified software for the instrument available with start of MY04. Breakpoints: Ellesmere Port (Vectra C) ... 3 8 131726 and Rüsselsheim (Vectra C, Signum) ...3 1 157315.
.....which could explain it as my falls before that breakpoint.
Hmm, trip to dealer methinks. I don't think they do FR work after the Vx warranty has expired - even though I am under Net Q warranty.
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