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Tue 14 Nov 2006 12:45
Toyota Service Lights - picnic
Had the water pump & timing belt changed on my picnic last week (97, 2.0 petrol). Battery off for a while, now I have what the handbook describes as service lights on the dash.

Had the service done approx 3k ago, so should not need doing....

The lights are the oil level & handbrake light. These are on full.

Any ideas on how to reset these? The newer models you can reset by holding the trip counter, but this does not seem to work :(

Oil level fine.. Handbrake fine (in fact the light goes slightly dimmer when handbrake off, so the switch is working)

Help..... please


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Tue 14 Nov 2006 15:08
Toyota Service Lights - Caveman
Handbrake light often doubles up as a low brake fluid level warning on a lot of cars. Is the brake fluid level ok?
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Tue 14 Nov 2006 16:30
Toyota Service Lights - picnic
The relevant fluid appear to be where they should be..

The oil is on the max level at the dipstick and the oil pressure light stays off.

The brake fluid is just below the max limit, but way above the min.

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Wed 15 Nov 2006 16:58
Toyota Service Lights - Carrow
If a garage did the work, then surely it's their responsibility to put the lights out again, presuming taking the battery off was part of the dismantling required?
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Thu 16 Nov 2006 19:24
Toyota Service Lights - picnic
My thoughts exactly. Going back in tomorrow to get it cleared, but it is annoying to say the least when on the newer ones, you can reset them by using the trip meter.
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