Hey, guys! Well, it's that time. My service light came on today. Started blinking with the little wrench icon. I've had it for three weeks, and it has 51 hours on it. I've checked everything. Greased the fittings, all the normal stuff. Do you think it's the oil filter, or could it be an oil change? Thanks for your interest, and your comments!! Have a good one

 

It is set from the factory to come on at 50 hours for your first servicing. You can reset it to come on at different lengths of hours. I think I turned mine off totally. Read in your book how to reset it on the newer atvs.

 

Take it in for the service. If its the first service, its the important one.

 

yes the oil should be changed w/ the filter. the first service at a dealer is just a top off of the fluids w/ the oil change. reset the counter back to 50 for the next service. imo. p.s welcome to the forum.

 

If it's like my '06 there should be a break-in oil change at 1 month, then a 25 hour service to inspect everything, then a lube job and inspection at 50 hours, and the second oil change at 100 hours. When they set the reminder for 50 hours, you completely skip everything before that. I turned it off permanantly. I check the hours and miles nearly every time I ride so I don't need a reminder. If it blinks I will know that it's something else and check the codes to see what's wrong.

 

You didn't think after you greased the fittings the light would go out ....Did you?
It needs to be reset by you or the dealer...Caper..........

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: caperinmuskoka

You didn't think after you greased the fittings the light would go out ....Did you?</end quote></div>

LOL

 

Funny, brother!! Haha...No I didn't think greasing the fittings would shut the service light off. If it did, though, I would know there was something seriously wrong with that service light, don't ya think!! Thanks for lookin' out, man....

 

its basicly just there for a reminder and differnt people use it for differnt hr settings. you can choose to set it or turn it off. but i would recommend going by what the manual says for the service intervals on fluid changes. just my .02

 

Yes. Definately do all maintenance at the correct intervals whether you use the reminder or not.