Re: Maintenance Required light in 91 Dakota

From: Mike D. (miggitymike@juno.com)
Date: Sun Jan 02 2000 - 21:44:20 EST


try unhookin' the battery for about 15 minutes and pluggin' it back up...
that used to work for me =)

-mike d.

---> Yorktown, Va.
miggitymike@juno.com
88 6er LE, lowered, modded, and painted =)

http://members.xoom.com/dakotaperf/index.html

On Sun, 02 Jan 2000 17:11:47 -0500 James Maw <mailman@new-quest.net>
writes:
> Hello, I am new on the DML. I have a 91 5.2 Dakota with 100,000
> miles
> on it. Someone please tell me how to reset or disconnect the
> Maintenance Required light without going to the dealer. This light
> comes on whenever major service intervals are due, i.e., 30k, 60k,
> 90k.
> Dealer requires you to bring it in for full service before they will
> hook up their computer to it and reset the light. After warranty
> was
> up, I began taking my Dakota to a garage for the maintenance
> services to
> save money. The only problem is they don't have the equipment to
> reset
> the Maintenance Required light. For the past 60k I have just put a
> piece of black tape over the light and forgot about it, but I'm
> going to
> sell it now and would like to get rid of the light. I just had the
> 90k
> service done, so I don't want to pay for it again at the Dodge
> dealer
> (big bucks!) just to get the light reset. Please give me some
> guidance
> on resetting or disconnecting this light.
>
> Mailman
>

---> Yorktown, Va.
miggitymike@juno.com
88 6er LE, lowered, modded, and painted =)

http://members.xoom.com/dakotaperf/index.html



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