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how to clear message center

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Posted by: dubcity ls

i have a 2000 ls6 5spd and my message center is saying change oil. but i have changed it i dont know how to clear message center. i dont have the buttons under the vents any help would be greatly appreciated tia!

Posted by: TDUB

Ok so get in the car and press the status button on the center console, until it goes to oil on the message center then press and hold reset.

Posted by: NYC LS8

Says he doesn't have those buttons.

Posted by: dubcity ls

yes i do NOT have them messages

Posted by: TDUB

WTF? I didn't know any of these cars came without those

Posted by: NYC LS8

I feel like I'm intruding on a dub party here

Posted by: Justin00LS

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Originally Posted by dubcity ls

yes i do NOT have them messages

You have the message cener but do not have the buttons? PICS!

Posted by: MMAFIGHTER121

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Originally Posted by dubcity ls

yes i do NOT have them messages

no no no - he doesn't have them messages. he might have those buttons.

Posted by: skizot722

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Originally Posted by MMAFIGHTER121

no no no - he doesn't have them messages. he might have those buttons.

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Originally Posted by NYC LS8

I feel like I'm intruding on a dub party here

LMAO. This is a funny thread. dubcity ls, take a picture of the area below your center vents and post it up

Posted by: rickztahone

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Originally Posted by dubcity ls

i dont have the buttons under the vents...!

his words

Posted by: robbiewrx

What he meant to say was, "I do not have those buttons" not messages.

He is sitting right beside me and we are trying to figure out how to get these warnings off of the message center on the gauge cluster.

Unlike other LS's, his car has the message center but no buttons on the console to scroll through it--or clear the oil and air conditioning warnings.

If anyone has any information on the process to reset the message center (via disconnecting the battery for a certain time or using a brake code sequence like other cars) please please please chime in and let us know.

Posted by: Dubbed_LS

i was reading something the other day. and on those its two buttons u have to hold then the message center will display. but im not too sure.
thats if my memory serves me correctly.

Posted by: lincoln00

does the odometer, trip and rest buttons do anything to it???

Posted by: NYC LS8

Try the owner's manual. If you don't have one, it's located where it says "TECH ARTICLES" up top.

Posted by: cuzican

Is there any chance the original vents were broken at one time and the previous owner replaced the center vents with one that does not have the buttons? You can disconect those 4 buttons and the message center will still work but you can not change anything on it.

Posted by: rickztahone

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Originally Posted by cuzican

Is there any chance the original vents were broken at one time and the previous owner replaced the center vents with one that does not have the buttons? You can disconect those 4 buttons and the message center will still work but you can not change anything on it.

take the vent off and see if there's a harnass back there. if there is then yes, if it doesn't then no

. i know there are LS' that don't have the buttons, mainly V6's but none have chimed in. ask Artur, unless he does have the buttons, can't remember

Posted by: lincoln00

I bet the harness will be there regardless, They wont make a hole new harness to remove 4 buttons... the harness could be there ethier way!

Posted by: 1LoudLS

the harness was not there on my v6 that did not have the message center, i have never heard of having a message center and not having the buttons to control it. my bet is on the vents being replaced

Posted by: joegr

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Originally Posted by dubcity ls

i have a 2000 ls6 5spd and my message center is saying change oil. but i have changed it i dont know how to clear message center. i dont have the buttons under the vents any help would be greatly appreciated tia!

Did you ever figure this out? Do you have the harness to connect the missing buttons to?

Posted by: rickztahone

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Originally Posted by joegr

Did you ever figure this out? Do you have the harness to connect the missing buttons to?

+1, I'd like to know myself

Posted by: rainjacks

Due to the lack of response I am thinking he got back in the car and said, "Oh, THOSE buttons"