How do i errase the message change oil .i did change the oil last week and the message is till there tank you

oil should be changed every 5,000 miles

With key off .. Hold button down. Turn on ignition.. Not engine.. Watch for countdown till zero.. Release button.. All done...!

Warning Messages The warning messages can interrupt the display until cleared or reset by the driver. The warning messages are either single cycle, non-resettable, or repetitive warning messages.
The single cycle warning messages display once whenever the ignition switch is turned to the ON position or a fault occurs in a system, and can be cleared by pressing the RESET button. The single cycle warning messages are:

• liftgate ajar
• liftgate glass ajar
• service emission system
• low brake fluid
• service brake system
• check left headlamp
• check right headlamp
• check left turn lamps
• check right turn lamps
• check left high beam
• check right high beam
• check brake lamps
• check parking lamps
• washer fluid low
• check fuel cap
• change oil soon
• change oil now
• low fuel
• service 4x4
• turn signal on

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Resetting the oil life monitoring system
1. Turn the ignition key to the on position. Do not start the engine.
For vehicles with push-button start, press and hold the START/STOP
button for two seconds without pressing the brake pedal. Do not attempt
to start the engine.
2. Press both the accelerator and brake pedals at the same time.
3. Keep both pedals fully pressed.
4. After three seconds, the Service: Oil reset in prog. message will be
displayed.
5. After 25 seconds, the Service: Oil reset complete message will be
displayed.
6. Release both the accelerator and brake pedals.
7. The Service: Oil reset complete message will no longer be
displayed.
8. Rotate the key to the off position.
For vehicles with push-button start, press the START/STOP button to
turn the vehicle off completely.

AnswerEasy get an oil change at a garage and have them erase the code or do the oil change your self and then disconnect the neg battary terminal. Easier AnswerOn the console, where the oil change light is on, scroll through the items until you get to oil life. Once at oil life, hold the reset button and it will say Engin oil new? Press reset again and this should set you oil life back to 100% without needing to disconnect your battery

Complete Answer
1- Turn on the ignition without starting the car
2- You will get warning messages on the display (including the "change oil soon" or "oil change required" message) press reset for each warning till you get the Odometer displayed.
3- press the setup button until "press reset for system check" appears
4- hit the reset button (need to do this fairly quickly, if you end up back at the odometer go back to step 3)
5- the system will scroll through the different things that are wrong that it has detected, you should go to "oil life XX%, Hold Rest New" message first if nothing else more major has been detected. When on this message hold the reset down unit you get the message "if new oil hold reset".
6 - hold the reset down till the message "oil life set to 100%" appears (note have seen different wording in some models)
7 - system should scroll through any remaining messages and then return to the odometer reading
Switch the car off and on and confirm that the message does not reappear. Have seen some instances where will not reset, if so take to your dealer.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_reset_the_'Change_Oil_Soon'_light_in_a_2002_Ford_Explorer_or_Mercury_Mountaineer#ixzz1GbI0wIQ9

Switch ignition ON. Press brake pedal. Press button [A]. RHD - 100248. LHD - 100254. Turn button [B], until the message "System Settings" is displayed. Press button [B]. Turn button [B] until the message "Service Info" is displayed. Press button [B]. The message "% left of oil quality/days to service" is displayed. Turn button [B] until the message "Reset Service Ind." is displayed. Press button [B]. The message "Are you sure? Yes or No" is displayed. Turn button [B] to select "Yes". Press button [B]. The message "service parameters updated" is displayed. Switch ignition OFF.
BUTTON B IS ROUND PUSH/TURN BUTTON
BUTTON A IS TWO DOWN FROM THIS

This is how it works on my 2010 Escape. There are 3 buttons to the lower left of your steering column (Info, Setup, and Reset):
1) when it's displaying the "oil change required" message, hit the "reset" button to get rid of the message2) then hit the "Setup" button twice and you'll see the "oil life" screen, which is now at "0%". It tells you what to do next (i.e. "hold reset" until it say 100%).

press and hold the trip reset switch and then turn the ignition on and hold it till the zero's stop popping up

Press and hold the SELECT/RESET
control switch to select SYSTEM
CHECK when “SYSTEM CHECK /
HOLD RESET” is displayed in the
message center. Selecting this
function from the SETUP MENU
causes the message center to cycle through each of the systems being
monitored. For each of the monitored systems, the message center will
indicate either an OK message or a warning message for two seconds.
Pressing the SELECT/RESET control switch cycles the message center
through each of the systems being monitored.

The sequence of the system check report and how it appears in the
message center is as follows:
1. OIL LIFE RESET
2. CHARGING SYSTEM
3. WASHER FLUID
4. DOOR AJAR
5. EXTERIOR LAMP
6. BRAKE SYSTEM
7. PARK BRAKE
8. MILES TO EMPTY
9. FUEL LEVEL LOW (will only display if 50 miles or less to empty)
To reset the oil monitoring system to 100% after each oil change
[approximately 5,000 miles (8,000 km) or 180 days] perform the
following:
1. Enter SYSTEM CHECK to display
“OIL XXX% RESET IF NEW”.
2. Press SELECT/RESET control
switch to display “HOLD RESET IF
NEW OIL”.
3. Press and hold the
SELECT/RESET control switch for
more than 2 seconds. Oil life is set
to 100% and “OIL CHANGE SET TO
100%” is displayed.

it seems like that who ever serviced the vehicle forgot to reset the service indicator. Try and reset this service indicator yourself . Button B below rev counter
Button A below speedo
press and hold button A, switch on ignition release button A turn button b to the right to reset display switch ignition off. I hope this solves your problem.