\nI change the oil regularly on our vehicles. Therefore, when my wife started the van last night, in the dark, cold rain, and the “Change oil” message came on, I was surprised. It felt like eyes were on me. We were facing a drive back home from out of town, and getting stranded because of the oil wasn’t an appealing prospect.<\/p>\n
\nRight there in the parking lot, I checked the oil, which seemed fine, showing no change from two weeks ago. Next, just to be sure, we drove a few miles to a gas station, where I checked the oil again under better-lit conditions. The oil was fine – clean, even.<\/p>\n
\nMy wife mentioned that perhaps when maintenance centres do oil changes, they do something that tells the car the oil has been changed. Of course, even when I change the oil, I might not do said trick, whatever it might be, that alerts the computer of the oil change.<\/p>\n
\nIt turns out, as usual, she’s right. This morning I looked up the issue online, and came to this helpful video<\/a> which seems to describe the trick one needs to execute to tell the car that the oil has been changed, at least for the 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan.<\/p>\n