Mini Cooper Service - what does this symbol mean?

Ziegfeldgirl27

Today a "service" symbol popped up on my car, if you scroll to page 6 of this manual it is the last symbol - "safety inspection and road test"

http://www.scribd.com/doc/58891914/MINI-Cooper-R55-R56-R57-Service-Manual-2007-2011-Excerpt

Does anyone know what I am supposed to do now? How do I get rid of the service indicator? My car has recently been serviced and isn't due to go through MOT for another while. I should think that all safety aspects are already in order.

bazz26

Had similar on my old BMW, it's just a notification to tell you the car is due it's MOT (assuming your car is a UK import). There is a way of turning it off or just changing the date via the menu on the BMW so probably similar for the MINI.

A quick google brings this up:

http://www.mini2.com/forum/maintenance-mini-care/190145-resetting-mot-counter-2007-mini-cooper-s.html

Atlantic Dawn

Usually on most cars it's a counter either mile based or date based where when the car hits say 10k miles or a year since last service the service light appears. Most likely what happened when you serviced it the mechanic never reset the service light.

This should help to reset it yourself...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Zt5UywVR0

Ziegfeldgirl27

Thank you for your replies, seems easy enough i can do it myself. Will give it a go in the morning!