blinking wrench light

[soINtdi]

I have an 06 jetta that i bought a month ago. I didn't get and owners manual with it. Anyhow It had a yellow wrench light when i first turn the key. right under the time. the odometer goes away and its in line with the mileage word. it used to have a number under it. I think it was an oil change reminder. (with the maintenance record that I have that seems right).. anyhow when the mileage reduced past zero it turned red and blinks. I already changed the oil.. So I have a red blinking wrench light when I turn the key. It goes away after a few seconds and the odometer comes back. .... How can I reset this light. I already asked one fellow and he didn't have the light or know what it was about. Help.

 

[scrichy84]

With the Key in the off position, hold down the trip meter -> then turn the key on (still holding down the trip meter), then push the M for the clock setting (still holding down the trip meter reset).

Additionally, this WILL NOT, reset your trip meter if you are paranoid about it like me.

Enjoy!

 

[MJ72]

Holy cow it works! That red wrench has been blinking at me for two years!

 

[soINtdi]

thanks

Thanks, that did it. So the light is a reminder for an oil change? 10,000 or 8,000 miles? I guess I'll find out in a couple of months.

 

[hid3]

It depends how it was set. If the settings are wrong, the reminder might come up even after 5,000 miles. Besides that, I don't think 8k or 10k will make a big difference. Just having 10k OCI might set your intervals to be "round numbers".

After having a camshaft failure I'll do my oil changes each 6,215 miles needle-accurate (it's 10,000 kilometers). I'd better spend more money on oil than replace my cam & stuff again....

 

[druminstein]

Find all the reset procedures for the Jettas here:

http://oilresetpro.com/how-to-reset-oil-wrench-maintenance-light-in-vw-jetta/

They also have a free mobile app that has every vehicle oil maintenance light reset procedures. Super helpful if you are an auto tech doing oil changes everyday. Hope this helps someone.