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You hop in your Hyundai Tucson, start it
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up, and boom, that little wrench light
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or service required message pops up on
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the dash, even though you just changed
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the oil or did the maintenance. Yeah, I
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know. Super annoying. Hey folks, I'm Tom
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from Car Justify, your go-to garage
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buddy on YouTube. I've been wrenching
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for over 15 years, and today I'm going
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to walk you through how to reset that
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service light on your Hyundai Tucson.
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Fast, easy, and no tools needed. Now,
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first off, let me say this light is just
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a reminder. It doesn't mean your
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engine's about to fall out. It's tied to
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your maintenance schedule, usually every
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5,000 or 7500 mi, depending on your
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model and driving habits. If you've
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already done your oil change or whatever
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service it was reminding you about,
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great. Now, let's tell the car that.
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Here's what you do. Step one, put your
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key in the ignition, but don't start the
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engine yet. Just turn it to the on
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position. That's the one where all the
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dash lights come on, but the engine's
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not running. If you've got a push button
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start, just press it once without
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touching the brake pedal. That gets you
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into accessory mode. Next, look at the
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little screen between your gauges.
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That's your info display. Use the
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steering wheel buttons, usually on the
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right side, to cycle through the menus.
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You're looking for the one that says
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user settings or sometimes just
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settings. Every Tucson's a little
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different depending on the year, but
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it's usually under vehicle settings or
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service interval. Once you're in there,
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you'll see an option like reset or
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service interval reset. Go ahead and
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click that. It might ask you to confirm.
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Just say yes, and bam, you're done. Now,
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sometimes folks get tripped up here. If
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the reset option is grayed out or not
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showing, don't panic. That usually means
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the car is in the wrong mode or the door
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is open or you've actually got to start
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the engine first on certain models. Yep,
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Hyundai loves to mix it up by year. If
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none of that works, worst case, you can
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disconnect the negative battery terminal
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for a few minutes to clear all temporary
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settings. Just make sure you've got your
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radio code or presets backed up if
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needed. That one's more of a last
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resort, though. Quick side note, this
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actually happened to a buddy of mine
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last week. He did his own oil change,
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felt all proud of himself, then spent
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half an hour pressing buttons on the
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dash with zero luck. Turns out his model
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hid the service interval reset under
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maintenance instead of user settings. So
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yeah, poke around a bit if you don't see
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it right away. Now, if you're driving an
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older Tucson, like 2015 or before, you
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might not have that fancy screen. In
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that case, it's even easier. Turn the
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ignition on, then press and hold the
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trip reset button on the dash until the
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light blinks and resets. Simple as that.
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All right, quick recap. ignition to on.
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Find the settings menu. Look for service
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interval or maintenance. Hit reset and
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you're good to go. Takes two minutes
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once you know where to look. And hey,
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don't worry. It's easier than it sounds.
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You're not breaking anything poking
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around those menus. I promise. Worst
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case, you'll just learn what half those
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other options do. If this helped you out
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or saved you a trip to the dealer, go
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ahead and give the video a thumbs up and
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hit that subscribe button so you don't
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miss the next fix. I've got more Tucson
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tips and DIY car help coming your way
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real soon. Thanks for hanging out in the
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garage with me. I'm Tom from Car Justify
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and I'll see you next time. Keep those
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hands clean and those cars running
