Gremlin500 wrote:

I must report this tool FAILED on multiple occasions to reset my MY2017 oil service, (as did the doors/bonnet/pedals/tug one’s forelock/say 3 hail Marys method) Maybe it works for earlier models, but not 2017.

@Kot:

Nope! I already tried that multiple times in the exact same order.
I get both in-dash messages, but after re-cycling the ignition, there’s no change.

Update: As Sod’s Law would have it, iCarSoft finally emailed me back asking for the VIN and a copy of my video of the LRV3 procedure, which I just sent.

Watch this space!  “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” -where’s the fun in that?

Have you charged your batteries  2018 SE SDV8 4.4 Byron Blue

OK Very funny cheeky boy, I get it!
(Guess I dish it out plenty, so I have to take it now & again!)

Interestingly, there are NO batteries in an iCarSoft LRV3 - it works purely by er, Magic

On a serious note, it will be interesting to see if iCarSoft can find a fix, or be forever damned to oblivion by FFRR peeps

More soon, stay tuned! “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” -where’s the fun in that?

I was thinking your car battery!  2018 SE SDV8 4.4 Byron Blue

@Kot:

Yes, I was aware you meant car battery, just playing ignorant, or is that plain ignorant

UPDATE: Or should I say non-update Well, iCarsoft are still talking to me, sent me a new software file to upload to the device, tried again, -nope, it doesn’t work. In fact now “Service Reset” returns “communication failure” and “Oil Reset” returns “Service Reset” in the dash display, wheras previously it said “Service Resetting” followed by “Service Reset”, neither of which had any effect whatsoever on the actual remaining service mileage which continues to plummet in the usual FFRR way

I am getting a little frustrated now, iCarSoft are responding, but very slowly, it seems like they have just one guy to respond to 100,000 customers, so about two weeks between replies.

So, it looks like I will have to bite the bullet and go for an iiD BT tool, I had high hopes for the LRV3, but if something so basic as an oil service reset is not possible, what’s the point? Added to which, it’s not even possible to edit the CCF, so this is purely a “reader” tool for me thus far, -something which I can already do with my little Vgate dongle I use for monitoring soot, which cost peanuts by comparison.
So, it’s a “thumbs down” for the iCarSoft LRV3 from me, until proven otherwise.

I hope this information is useful to other forum members, if the situation changes, in fairness to iCarSoft, I will re-post here, but until then, it’s a “thumbs down” from Gremlin

***UPDATE*** (EDIT:)

Well it seems I spoke too early, Mr. Barnett from iCarSoft contacted me today by email with new .bin files, and this is what happened:-

1st try: I selected "SERVICE" Menu, then "Oil Reset" but nothing changed (4950 miles to service).
(I now think this function only resets the oil light in the dash, but since this isn't illuminated anyway, it seems like nothing happens)

2nd try: I selected "SERVICE" Menu again, then "Service Reset", got instructions to turn on the ignition, after a few seconds "Service Reset" appeared in the car dash display, then on the iCarSoft LRV3 screen it said "turn ignition off", then "application running" and counted down for several seconds, then "complete".
I restarted the ignition, checked the menu, and Miles to next Service was now 16,000 HAPPY DAYS!!

So, I can now say the tool works, and the support is slow, but persistent!  “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” -where’s the fun in that?