2005 Ford Five Hundred Owner's Manual - Page 68
2005 Ford Five Hundred Manual
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Driver Controls COOLANT LEVEL LOW. Displayed when the engine coolant is low. Stop the vehicle as soon as safely possible, turn off the engine and let it cool. Check the coolant and coolant level. Refer to Engine coolant in the Maintenance and Specifications chapter. If the warning stays on or continues to come on, contact your dealer as soon as possible. CHECK ENGINE. Indicates the engine is not operating properly. If this warning stays on, contact your dealer as soon as possible. CHANGE OIL SOON/OIL CHANGE REQUIRED. Oil Life XX%, CHANGE SOON/OIL LIFE 0%, CHANGE OIL, OIL LIFE XX%, CHANGE SOON displayed when the engine oil life remaining is 10 percent and again when the engine oil life remaining is between 5% and 1%. When oil life left reaches 0%, the OIL LIFE 0%, CHANGE OIL message will be displayed. An oil change is required whenever indicated by the message center and according to the recommended maintenance schedule. USE ONLY RECOMMENDED ENGINE OILS. To reset the oil monitoring system to 100% after each oil change [approximately 5,000 miles (8,000 km) or 180 days] perform the following: 1. Select this function from the SETUP control for current display mode. 2. Press and release the RESET control to display "HOLD RESET TO CONFIRM". 3. Press and hold the RESET control to display OIL LIFE SET TO 100%. Your oil life is now reset. To reset the oil monitoring system to your personalized oil life %: 68 2005 Five Hundred (500) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus)