Service Vehicle Soon Message Question

[jbert]

I have been driving this 1997 for the last two summers and have really enjoyed the ride. This past summer I ran into the locking steering column problem and some other annoying and expensive service fun.

Prior to my last trip to the Chevy dealer, I got the a "Service Vehicle Soon" message... and now it's back! I'm guessing that this is not a real error message, but a mileage milestone reminder to bring my wallet back to the dealership for a bit more bleeding... Does anyone know how to clear this message? I already have reset the suite of message codes.

Any ideas out there?

Jim

 

[jbert]

Thanks for the suggestions... I'll give the GM dealer one more try

 

[raycdosu]

Will either of those messages pop up when the oil needs to be changed? I've had those messages a number of times over the last few years, and every time I take it to the dealer, they say they can't find anything wrong.

The last time I took it to the dealer, they said the message was because my oil life meter was down below 20%. I don't really believe them because there's a separate message when your oil life is old that specifically says it's time to change your oil.

 

[c4c5specialist]

HI there,
Service vehicle soon, is usually for ONLY a computer fault within the system.
This will have NO bearing from the oil life monitor, which will only show a 'Change oil soon' message.
The next time that this occurs, I would check for codes in ALL control modules.
Allthebest, c4c5

 

[jbert]

Thank you.

I will check into it further.

Jim