I posted this in the GT3 section, but there seems to be little traffic there so this is a repost...

2007 GT3 - there are no codes in Durametric, but when starting the car, there is a message appearing that says "Service Now". It goes away within a few seconds but it's there every time I start the car. What does it mean and how can it be cleared?

 

It's in your owner's manual -

Service now Service indicator

Have your vehicle serviced at an authorized

Porsche dealer

Dealer can clear it or IIRC the Durametric tool can clear it too.

 

All the service manual says is: "take it to the dealer". That is UNSAT. Someone responded in another thread said that it is a service reminder because of a set time limit or distance reached.

I was able to reset the service interval using the Durametric. (It's under the instrument panel commands.)

I was hoping I was missing something about the nature of the service required - I thought there might be a menu item to display what particular item had reached its interval. Apparently the system is not that sophisticated - bummer!

 

It actaully says "have your vehicle serviced...". I believe it is triggered by mileage - you didn't tell us how many miles you have but maybe check the schedule in the maintenance book and you might be able to figure out which service it is reminding you about - maybe the 20,000 service?

 

I ve seen it in several 997 as they cross 50000km...so it should be based on km...Just reset it...

 

I'm thinking it was based on time rather than mileage because there is less than 10,000 km on the car. Not much point in having a reminder if it's not going to tell you what it's for. I have reset it and I guess we'll see when it comes back again.

 

Funny thing is In 3 years I never seen this message. I read this thread and now I got it too... Its like the movie "the ring"