How to reset, Mercedes Benz A-Class Service Indicator

´HI´ in dashboard
The HI appears in the little screen on my A160 1999 model. Is it dangerous to drive it while it comes up and beeps from time to time? How can i get rid of it? Many thanks.

mykp says:
Have you had a service recently or added oil? The HI is usually a sign of too much oil.

a140
hi when i indicate left it flashes right ive changed the indicator arm and am still gettin the same problem any idea s

mykp says:
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petrol light on all the time
Can anyone help my petrol light came on yesterday and I filled it up as normal put £20 in, but the petrol light remained on. So I put another £10 in and the same. The needle isnt stuck as it has went down  pass the petrol light now and just doesnt move now. Anyone have any ideas whats wrong and how to fix it other then taking it to a dealer and paying a arm and a leg, because 10-1 I am gonna conk out haha.

mykp says:
sounds like either the switch is fooked or the float is stuck. either way its not really something you can fix yourseld as its inside the petrol tank.

It really works
Thanks mate it really works...

]Thanks a lot really helpfulll...

 

 

 

Cheers

mercedes a clas A106
Hi there, please can you help me? I have had to leave my car outside work today as before i was about to get in i dropped the key on the floor and when i picked it up the buttons woulndt work for my central lock in anymore.

I have only had the car for 4 days( bought second hand with no manual) and stupidly thought well ill just open the door manually which obviously set the alarm off!

 I have replaced the batterys in the key and it still dosent work the doors. I managed to stop the alarm going off when the doors are open by turning the key in the drivers door left rather than right but as soon as the key is in the egnition and the engine starts the alarm goes off again!!

Please help-any advise would be greatly appreaciated.

 Thanks,  Lauren

service indicater
many many thanks much apreciated,a friend at work told me about your site , now i will pass it on as well, once again thanks. would apreciate some help with my tick over, is it possible to turn it up ??? its idlingreally slow.

mykp says:
dont think so

A140/168 - success
Way to go, man - most helpful. Mine was showing one spanner with -28900, i e: I am very happy to get rid of this c**p. I have an A140/168, 1999-model. In my case it worked by doing exactly as stated on top here. In other words, in my case it did t work with waiting until the current service indicator shows before pressing the 0.000 twice. I pressed it directly after swiching the key the first time.

For those who struggle. For me it was very important to press the 0.000 twice very fast. Before swiching off the key again, there was a change in the display. This showed me that I was on the right track.

S**k Mercedes.

 

 

reset service Indicator Aclass
Brillient thanks for this just done it easy Merc wanted to charge me full cost of sevive to do this as I got it done local and not with them. robbing b******s.Thanks will pass this on.

engine temperature
in my A Class 140 (1999 model) I can t find where is the temperature engine indicator?

mykp says:
there isnt one

HELP
I doubt this is anything you can help with but you seem to know your a classes.

I have a y reg a140.  there has been a light come, i believe it to be the engine management light... the reader you suggest says its p0100.  p0170 and po300.  any ideas what this is and how much it is likely to cost??? long shot i know. thanks xx

mykp says:
no idea on that! think you need advice off a mechanic as the error p0170 is something to do with the MAF air flow meter.

reset service light
Thanks for your instructions- worked a treat

Not getting much sex from wife- any instructions for resetting her!!!

mykp says:
hahahaha! er no!

mine, a bit different pls.
how do you do this in a honda accord 2006 end of discussion model?

pls, help

mykp says:
fooked if i know!

alarm
hi i dont know if u could help but i have a problem with my 98 a160 elegance. i replaced batteries in key fob as when i pressed lock  nothing happened! then to find out even with new batteries key still didnt work? i took of little red plastic sensor piece which is situated at base of where key flips open to find sensor working!! would u have any idea where the sensor part in the car is, where im guessing the key sensor signals to? if anyone is thinking of buying a aclass i would highly recommend uyou not to!!

Thanks
Thank you so much, that beeping at the start was a real pain and the issue got solved in a few minutes time.

mykp says:
happy to help

Intermittent starting
2002 A140 starts great 9 out of ten times but occasionally the starter will not operate. any ideas ?

mykp says:
nope!

ENGINE MANAGEMENT LIGHT
engine management light come on again .This was after  diagnostics showed the problem as lambda sensors .got new ones fitted and erased codes not showing anything else wrong and car running fine.so why has the light come back on.Is it a ripoff of merc dealers.

mykp says:
This was one of the reasons I got rid of the A210. Too many error codes, and MB could not give me an explaination and wanted me to spend £2500 on parts and god knows how much on labour on a car worth £5000 tops!

it worked
worked first time ,Igave the details to my 14 year old son and he reset it before I could copy ,paste & print the instrutions.

really works. thank you

a140 clock light
hi i have a t reg a140 and when i switched the car off and take the key out the clock light in the middle of the dash stays on but it has allways gone off in the passed can anyone help thank you

mykp says:
no, no idea and i m sure you mean past.

Many thanks
I appreciate your advice. Once I realized which position position 2 is (my problem) the instructions worked perfectly.

mykp says:
another happy punter, cheers

button 000.0
Have you got a sketch I can not get it rite. What button must be pressed and where is it on the dach. Thanks for a great page sure you save a lot of us a lot of money. Thanks.

 

 

 

Turn the key to position 2 in the ignition lock and immediately press button 000.0 twice within the space of one second.

Turn the key to position 0 in the ignition lock.

Press and hold button 000.0 Turn the key to position 2 in the ignition lock. Keep button 000.0 pressed.

Service message with current remaining distance or remaining time appears.

After about 10 seconds, an acoustic signal will sound and the service display with the new starting distance or starting time appears for about 10 seconds.

Release button 000.0

Thats it youve reset your service indicator

mykp says:
sigh! no I dont. it does work, i get about 10 emails a day from this page, half say "it works" the other half say "dont work"

I know it works as i ve done it.

I no longer have my A210 so I cant take any more pictures.

try again and be patient!

resetting ecu
I have an aclass 160 and I am receiving startup error when I try to start my engine and the led is lighting for empty petrol.  Is there a method how to reset the ecu ? 

mykp says:
only if you take it to a garage with the relevant equipment. There is no way to manyally reset this.

Help
Hi i need help i have a problem with my revers gear on my A160 auto itjolts quit vicious and the secongear takes time 2 change what could be the problem pls Help !! a also need help where can i get aservice manul , many thx G

mykp says:
take a look at http://www.baby-benz.com or do a search for "loftys a-class"

It Does Work A160
Just in case anyone else out there has a sore finger from trying this over and over again, I found that the timing was important in my case.

As one poster stated wait for the current service indicator to appear (in my case 2 spanners) and then press the 000.0 button twice quickly.

Immediately turn back to position 0 (the service indicator should still be on the display), then press and hold and move to position 2 as described.

Tried a number of times but the time that worked was when the spanners were on the display the whole time.

engine management light 2002 A60 mercedes
hi just had the same problem with my A60, the battery was almost flat, it just started, and the Engine management light came on, recharged the battery, gave it a good run, but it,s still on, please can you give me some advise on how to remove the warning light? it would be helpfull, as i use the the car regulary to take my dissabled wife to Hospital. many thanks Roger.

mykp says:
If the engine light has come on the welcome to the great Mercedes con. I ve had this on all three of my A-classes. The only ways to turn it off are either

1. buy a diagnostic reader off ebay, making sure it will also clear faults and use it on your car.

2. take it to Mercedes and pay £43 plus vat to get it switched off.

The check engine light is there as the ecu is assuming, wrongly!, that there is a fault as the car struggled to start. Even leaving the battery off over night will not get rid of the check engine light as the fault is logged in the ecu and the only way to remove it is to cleat it with a diagnostics reader.

Your not on your own as I ve been asked this lots of time and just had the same problem with my A210. Hence why I bought a £23 ecu reader of fleabay.

Sorry cant be of more help.

HI on my odometer
Hi,

I have an HI comunicate next to odometer in my A160. Can somebody please tell me what does it mean? car is registrated in 1996  1.6 petrol.

Many  thanks in advance

mykp says:
The HI means that the oil is high in the engine. Have you had it serviced recently, if not it could be the sensor is faulty. No idea where the sensor is or how to replace it as I can only advise on the A-classes I have owned. Sorry I cant be of more help. mike

Mercedes A class oil level switch
My A 170 suffers from nuisance oil level warnings (oil level ok) when driving. Can you please tell me where the sensor is so that I immobilise it or replace it.  Many thanks

mykp says:
No idea, not a mechanic and knowing Mercedes Benz its probably integrated with something else so you cant disable it! However it might be a faulty sensor?

Please help!
I just bought a second hand A160, w168. i hope i can get some help from here. there are 4 push buttons beside the dashboard. it seems the one under 000.0 is for switching between displaying temp and time. the others are making no sence to me, tried to play with it, nothing happened. any one please help!

mykp says:
The 000.0 button will do 3 things,

1. reset the trip computer
2. tell you the distance to the next service and whether this is an A or B service
3. reset the service indicator

On the other side the + and - buttons let you adjust the clock and they also adjust the brightness of the dials when the lights are on.

A170
What does the button with a hook and seemingly towed vehicle on it actually do?

mykp says:
it turns the alarm off to various stages. IE: press it twice and it disables the interior sensors so you can leave you wife/dog/kids (delete as applicable) in the car and lock it.

benz a160
I ride a Benz A160, on my dashboard is now a spanner symbol with a reading which is now at -3900. This symbol wt the reading only shows when i just ignite the engine. It will beep for some seconds and off it goes. I just did the servicing on the 1st October,2009. What could be the problem pls?

this gives me a serious headache.

mykp says:
Sounds like the service counter needs resetting. If you follow the procedure on this page: http://www.mykp.co.uk/my-cars/reset-a-class-service-indicator/ This will reset the service indicator back to 10,000 miles and will turn off the annoying beeping.

It works, but does not solve my problem
I have reset the ASSYST on my a 140, but my problem still continue. If i drove my car above 60 km/h, the BAS ESP lights on, after 15 or 30 minutes of driving, the car tremble and shutdown. I can only restart the engine after 30 minutes.

mykp says:
This is a not a cure all for problems in the ECU. It only resets the service timer. I think you have something else wrong and would consult a mechanic.

2006 Reg56 A class
It did not work for my 2006 Reg56 A class, any comments.

mykp says:
This ONLY works on W168 models or Mk1 a-classes. if you have a 56 model then yours is a Mk2 or W169.

mercedes e class 2005 cdi
hi there i have 2005  mercedes e class E220 cdi when i switch the ignition on i get a beeping noise only for 2 second or three second.this hapen when i unpluge the head unit?if someone know something please post it thanks

mykp says:
knowing mercedes its a security feature. Dont know anything about it though fella!

???
I have a mercedes a140 and when i switch on the ignition i see on my display little spanners with the number 29 next to it? im not sure what this means? please help

mykp says:
this is telling you that you have 29 days left to your service, its part of the Assyst system, which monitors the engine and servicing schedule. If it beeps it means you should have had it 29 days ago.

As you only have one spanner then this is an A service, 2 Spanners is a B service.

I would also say that its probably wrong as all three a-classes I have had have counted down over 12 months, not 12,000 miles. My A210 told me it needed a service after doing just 1800 miles in 12 months.

A160
i have to say you are a wonderful man it worked you reallly know what your talking about cheers you just saved me bringing it to mercedes as im a single parent with 3 kids im very grateful mush appreciated

many thanks

mykp says:
thanks, glad i could help

A class service reset question.
I have reset the service indicator and now it shows 00000 there was no audible signal and now the indicator show the 2 spanners 28 for ten seconds when I start the car?.  Is this normal?.

mykp says:
Charles, it sounds like youve not done something right. Give it another go. It does work.

Service reset
Hi i have a 1999 a160 auto and i have tryed to reset as instructed i get the beep sound but it wont reset

is pos 2 just before start or is it one back??? there are 4 buttons on dash 2 on left 2 on right ??

mykp says:
Position 1 is keys in and accessories on.
Position 2 is just before starting with the dash lights on
Position 3 is engine started.

The Buttons you should be pressing, are the left ones. They have the Clock/Temp or Mileage/trip on them.

auto gear box.
I have a 160 a class could tell me what fluid do i need for my auto gear box kind regards Elaine.

mykp says:
This page has the info you need Mercedes A-class Gearbox and Oil Information

how do you reset a 2006 a class (new shape )

mykp says:
not sure you can. The infor on this site is actually in the manual which came with the original A-class. Maybe its in the W169 manual. Anyone care to lend me one and i ll have a look.

Service indicator
I have a 2003 A210 Evo just come up with service on computer 1 spanner the cars covered 20,000 miles called MB today and £450 for service. My friend is a good mechanic and advised me to get all the parts from mercedes under his name and i will get the discount for all the parts but i need to set the service indicator i have followed what you are all advising and its now gone. Thanks Brian

mykp says:
Glad you got it working.

mr
no way i cant beleave it, it works!!!!!! yeppee nice 1 dude

Thanks
thanks, thats great saves me paying Mercedes.

It Worked!
Many thanks,that worked .The only comment is that you need to wait for approx 2 secs for the current service interval to appear on the screen before pressing the 000.0 button twice.Brilliant.