Reset Guide: New Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Oil Service Light

The third generation of the Mercedes Sprinter was presented on February 6, 2018, in Duisburg. The first vehicles were sold in June 2018. In this post, I want to share my experience resetting the oil light or service minder on a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter.

So when maintenance service is due, the service minder light will appear on the cluster screen. The service interval must be reset after your vehicle’s oil change. So let’s see what we can do to help you.

2019-2023 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Oil Service Light Reset Guide

How To Reset Oil Light with Cluster Button

In this section, I will show you how to reset the oil lights or service lights without the control on the steering. It’s a little complicated, so what you have to do is:

• Put the ignition to position one, so press the START button once. So make sure the ignition is not on, just the first position
• Make sure the TRIP and TOTAL DISTANCE millage are displayed on the screen
• Then you have to hold the right ➔ button and the BACK button on the instrument cluster

• While holding them together and then press OK briefly
• If you do it right, you will see the VEHICLE DATA screen
• Press the down ⬇ button to scroll down to ASSYST PLUS
• Press the OK button to enter the menu
• The system will ask you to turn on the ignition, so now you have to press the START button once again
• Then you go down to find the FULL SERVICE and select it
• Select CONFIRM SERVICE
• When Service carried out? appears, move to YES with the ➔ button and press OK
• Finally, select CONFIRM to perform the service reset

For your info, this operation work for the third generation of the Mercedes Benz Sprinter (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 model years). For the older ones, you can reach it here.

What is Service A in Mercedes Sprinter?

That brief message on your dash will soon tell you it’s time for your first ten thousand miles. Check up what Mercedes-Benz calls “Service A,” but what you probably call is an engine oil change. So do you really need the technician? After all, how complicated is an oil change possibility?

There is quite a difference between a minor service and just an oil change though most people aren’t aware of it. A minor service requires more time and is much more involved than you think. But doing an oil change, drop the oil, and you change the filter. Maybe you might do a tire pressure, but that’s about it.

With a minor service, the dealer uses inspection sheets that go through the car top-to-bottom, in and out. They have a multi-point inspection sheet that we fill out and the Mercedes Benz service sheet, and it’s a lot they have to go through.

Your Mercedes-Benz is a fusion of luxury, performance, advanced safety, technologies, engineering excellence, and an automotive masterpiece. So this ten thousand-mile oil change is, in fact, a meticulous step-by-step inspection that is specific to both your vehicle’s model and year. It is designed to keep your Mercedes-Benz best performing like it was engineered. 

FAQ – Mercedes Sprinter Service

So that’s basically going to reset the service monitor light in your Mercedes Sprinter. If you have any questions, please leave them in the comment section, and I’ll do my best to walk you through them. All right, hopefully, I’ll hear from you quickly. Hopefully, this operation works for you. Talk to you later.