Purpose: reset the oil service indicator on my 2016 Porsche Macan Turbo
Working Porsche scanners options:
Option 1. Foxwell NT510
Pros:
Available to add Porsche brand software as well as pay extra 4 car brands if your family have more cars or you change new cars in the near future.
Update: free for lifetime
Much cheaper, 155dollars
Cons:
comes with no Porsche software when the user receive the machine, but need to register member in www.foxwelltech.com, login and download Porsche software, the whole
process is easy to most people by following the instruction:
How to download and upgrade Vehicle software for NT510
Guide:
2016 Porsche Macan Turbo Oil Service Reset with Foxwell NT510:
http://www.foxwelltool.com/upload/pro/201703/foxwell_nt510_porsche_function_list-v1_00.pdf
Option 2. Foxwell NT644
Pros:
Perform Oil Service Reset on approx 40 makes as well as Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) on approx 30 makes.
No need to download car software, it’s plug and play.
Update: free for lifetime
Cons:
Expensive than Foxwell NT510 although much cheaper than Amazon, foxwelltool.com sales for 395 dollars
Guide:
1)Scroll with up and down arrow keys to highlight Oil Reset With One Button from the Oil Reset menu. An Information screen displays. Press the function key OK to continue or Cancel key to return to the Oil Reset menu
2)Follow on-screen instruction and send a command to reset oil service. A screen with “Success” message displays once the lamp has been reset. Press any key to return.
3)If the oil service reset failed, the following screen displays. Please follow on-screen instructions to troubleshoot it. If the problem still exists, please contact your local dealer for assistant.
Foxwell NT644 is optional to manual reset, for the guide, browse below user manual (in page 48)
To sum up:
Both Foxwell scanner for Porsche are good, good quality and good performance. Which one to have, it depends on how deep you want to go through and what car brand range you want to cover, usually DIY users choose Foxwell NT510 and technicians choose NT644.
Thanks.
Good luck.
