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    service light query

    Ive had a look via the search function but could find anything about this.
    My P1 70r's service light comes on when i start the car up? after ive driven for about 5-10 mins it goes off, it doesnt matter if i have been driving for two hours or fifteen mins it happens everytime. i tried the service light clear thing using the ingnition and mileometer thing on the clocks but that made no difference, its only been doing about 6 weeks, oh sometimes the tracs light is lit aswell. Are they controlled by the same ecu?.
    Can anybody give me any pointers

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    ,.,

    i cant remember properly but i think you hold down the trip button on the clocks,
    turn on ignition while holding button down,hold for 10 seconds and it flashes ,then release button within 4 seconds and turn off ignition and its reset.
    something like that,someone else will know and correct me,been a while since i had to do one of them lol
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    hi mate had this one on my R...end up takein 2 my mates garage and used there code reader that sorted it the time b4 went 2 the local steelers the did it for tener...but all the little tricks never work for me mate...
    who puts 300bhp in a volvo.....DONT MIND MY SMILE, THE VOICES IN MY HEAD ARE JUST TELLING DIRTY JOKES........v70R...hids..black mesh grill...17 inch R alloys..groved and drilled front and rear disc..lots bling..,k-n filter..yamaha R1-98 with nos..touring bike honda varadero xl 1000...

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    Hahaha.. No the little tricks never work for me either..

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    Light comes on when the car is due a service based on time and mileage. Think the button/ignition trick only works on 850's, i have a 98 V70 T5 and have been told it won't work on that, you need a draper tool that is about £25 on ebay, model 69007 i believe, can then reset it yourself every year. Tracs light is a seperate issue

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    ,.,

    its worked for me on a couple of p1 v70s iv done.
    there is a tool to reset them too.
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    i thought the service light stayed on, when the car was due a service, so this is not the case then?

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    Quote Originally Posted by t5 stealth View Post
    i cant remember properly but i think you hold down the trip button on the clocks,
    turn on ignition while holding button down,hold for 10 seconds and it flashes ,then release button within 4 seconds and turn off ignition and its reset.
    something like that,someone else will know and correct me,been a while since i had to do one of them lol
    I'm pretty sure this is right. This is what I used to do on my ME7 late P1 I had and always worked for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tim15888 View Post
    I'm pretty sure this is right. This is what I used to do on my ME7 late P1 I had and always worked for me.
    Must be the electronic Me7s on then because I have found my 1998 2.5LPT P1 Will not reset as P2s, you need the draper tool model 69007 you can find it on the draper web site
    http://www.drapertools.com/b2c/b2cbrowse.pgm

    I bought mine last week followed the clear instruction's done in less than 30seconds

    http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/Draper-...aper-OSR-VOLVO

    They also had it to me in a couple of days . Best of luck Kim

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    Quote Originally Posted by saffronman View Post
    i thought the service light stayed on, when the car was due a service, so this is not the case then?
    Service light will come on and stay on for around 2 minutes after every ignition cycle when the car has calculated that it is due for a service. It will need to be reset to clear it.


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