488 Service

Since 488 is still both under warranty and within service plan why would you compromise warranty by servicing yourself even if the dealer is far away ?

 

Take it to your dealer, your service is covered under the plan and you can use it as an opportunity to get to know your service rep/dealer. Much better conversation than if your car had a CEL or other failure, then they don't tell you much.

 

I TOTALLY understand you. It seems that every time I take my car to the shop for anything at all, no matter how minor, there's always an issue. Whether it be a scratch, chip, loose or missing bolt/screw, grease prints, etc! Due to my "bad luck" I am also forced to do most of my own maintenance.

 

Hi Joe_CT. Curious if you were able to reset the service light without taking the car to the dealer. If so, please share how you were able to do the reset. Thanks.

 

Have you tried the Autel computer?

 

I found this. According to the description, it should clear the light.

http://m.foxwelltool.com/wholesale/nt510-multi-system-scanner-with-one-fre-car-brand-software-and-obd.html

 

I found this. According to the description, it should clear the light.

http://m.foxwelltool.com/wholesale/nt510-multi-system-scanner-with-one-fre-car-brand-software-and-obd.html


Will look into these options. I imported the car myself from Germany to the Philippines so I don't have dealer warranty. There are other non dealer shops here that I'm sure can do the reset but wanted to explore other options first. Thanks guys!

 

that crap never works - they give general descriptions

 

I don't see anything general about their description. It very clearly states that when you purchase, you get to choose one manufacturer (we would pick Ferrari), then it clearly says that it does the oil service light reset. However, even though it's clear, it still may not work, lol. Once one of us tries it, we will have a 100% answer.
If you look at this chart: http://www.foxwelltool.com/upload/pro/201708/foxwell-nt510-ferrari_function_list.pdf
scroll down to the 458 section and look under the instrument cluster section. It shows a code of 0058. That code (if you look at the bottom) says "Reset Service Information". It looks to me that they are insisting that it will work....Now I'm curious

If/when you do, please update us! I would love to know if it works because I only have one more free service, then I will be doing the oil changes myself.