Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 06:31:39 +0000 From: Martin Rich <M.G.Richnospam.ac.uk> Subject: Re: 99 9-3 "Time for Service" went away by itself?
On 14 Mar 2005 11:56:48 -0800, "Mitch Knight" <mitchell.knightnospaml.com> wrote: >Thanks Collin. > >No i did not reset the sid, however I think that i refueled the car >right before it went away. The Nashville dealership said that it would >say time for service if it a sensor told it that it was extremely low >on fuel. FWIW I've observed 'time for service' go away of its own accord, once when the dealer forgot to reset it and once when for some reason it wasn't time for service. >Problem being when i was a teenager was on a road trip and got >stranded in the middle of nowhere and ended up paying a tow truck a >hefty fee for bring me gas. Since then ive never let a car get below a >quarter tank before refueling. > I've regularly run mine down to 10% of the tank (capacity is 68 litres and I've put 60+ litres in on quite a few occasions), and only ever seen 'time for service' when it's - err... - time for service (ie the car hasn't been serviced for a year). This probably comes down to having run out of fuel on a motorway years ago and been rescued at no cost - except for buying enough fuel to get me to the next service area - by the AA man:-) Your question about the key: the range for mine seems to be around 40-50 feet. As others have said you should get a message on the dash when the battery gets low. Martin