2014-2021 VW Volkswagen Tiguan Oil Service Inspection Light Reset Guide

Last Updated on July 21, 2021 by Nick

Hello, governor! Today, I will show you step-by-step how to reset the oil service light or inspection reminder on VW Volkswagen Tiguan. Basically, you can learn this tutorial on page 272 in your owner manual. But I know you guys are busy, so I make this content to save your time.

Anyway, after you finish the engine oil change on your VW Tiguan, you still have to reset the oil service light. So if you’re not going to take your car to the dealer or authorized service and you need to reset it, that is how you do it.

VW Volkswagen Tiguan Oil Service Inspection Light Reset Guide

For your info, this operation work for the second generation of the VW Volkswagen Tiguan (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 model years).

2014-2017 VW Tiguan

All right I have a 2017 VW Tiguan and I’m going to show you how to reset the service and the inspection light as well on it. It’s quite a simple procedure on this. So the way you do this is:

With Basic Display (Service Reset)

• The first step is turn the key off
• Next, hold the 0.0/SET button down and then you turn the key to the on position but don’t start the car

• Once it lights up you let go of that button and then you press the ❏ button on the left side of the dash

With Premium Display (Service Reset)

• Stick the key in and turn it to the on position 
• Now press and hold the 0.0/SET button
• As you hold it, switch the ignition on
• And then in the middle screen right there you can see it says do you want to reset service? So all you need to do is press the OK on the steering wheel to confirm

With Basic Display (Inspection Reset)

To reset the general inspection reminder is very similar but with one difference you need to turn on your hazard lights. So let’s do it.

• First, make sure you switch the hazards light on

• Then hold down the 0.0/SET button and the same time you switch the ignition on
• So the next thing you do is within 20 seconds to the left there’s another little button, so you just press that and it should be reset

With Premium Display (Inspection Reset)

• Turn the key off
• Now turn on the hazard lights
• Hold down the 0.0/SET button and while holding that you turn on the ignition
• After that you will see the question comes up, so press OK on the steering and it should be cleared

2018-2021 VW Tiguan

With Analog Cluster

With Digital Cluster

• Put on the ignition
• Use the ◄or► button until we get to the DRIVING DATA
• After you get to driving data you need to use the ▲or▼ arrows button to get to the RANGE and click OK

• When you see that screen pop up you press and hold OK until it bring you to the SERVICE MENU
• From there you can RESET OIL SERVICE or RESET INSPECTION

So that’s all you have to do. So now you will check the following oil change is in ten thousand miles which is almost more than a year you know one year is equal 365 days. But I don’t recommend it; I’ll recommend you guys to at least change the oil twice a year to keep your engine nice, smooth, and healthy. So anyway love you guys; thank you so much for reading, and I hope this video has been helpful. Good luck!