2017-2018 Subaru Forester Oil Life/Maintenance Light Reset Guide
Last Updated on August 30, 2021 by Nick
Hello, Subaru fam! I come in peace! Today I want to do a short how-to content. This is about how to reset your oil life or maintenance minder light on a 2017 Subaru Forester. This guide is specific to the Forester with the little switch on the center display.
Essentially, every time you have your car serviced or do your work yourself, you’ll have to reset the system. There’s a couple of terrific functions that I’ll go over with you here in just a minute but let’s go ahead and kind of go over everything.
2017-2018 Subaru Forester Oil Life/Maintenance Light Reset Guide
Time needed: 3 minutes
Alright, we’re in the 2018 Subaru Forester, and now we’re going to reset the oil light. You’ll see the screen on the center of the dash, and that’s going to be the screen we’re going to be focusing on to do this. So let’s do it.
- Turn on the car without starting the engine
First, you have the car in park and press the START button two times without step on any pedal
- Go to the Settings Screen
Then we’re gonna be using this button to cycle through the screens to get this one here writes “Press and hold enter button to access Settings screen”
- Hold down the ENTER button
So you go ahead and press the ENTER button and hold it for about four seconds
- Scroll down to the MAINTENANCE
Once the screen comes up with the different settings you’ll go down to the MAINTENANCE using the arrow key
- Select the Engine Oil, Oil Filter, or Maintenance Schedule
From there you can individually reset what services you performed. You can select Engine Oil, Oil Filter, or Maintenance Schedule in this menu
- Set the interval
We’ve done an oil change so we could set a notification date and that’ll tell you when it’ll come back on
- Select SET
Once you finished, you just go down to SET using the arrow button press that in and it’ll reset it for you
So that’s how you do it. I hope this helped you out, guys. If you like this content, please share, and I will do more of this content. I hope you guys have a great rest of your day. Take care.
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Nick
Hi! Greetings, I'm Nick, an automotive technician and a vehicle enthusiast with over a decade of experience working at a dealer service station. I have extensive knowledge of engine oils and lubricants and have helped countless customers maintain their vehicles. As an editor and author of articles on automobiles, I draw on my personal experience and professional training to provide readers with accurate and reliable information. I am passionate about sharing my expertise with others and helping them make informed decisions about their vehicles.