I've travelled from Kent to Devon visiting my daughter on my new Multistrada. It's just gone past 630 miles and the red oil service light has come up. Is this literally just telling me that it's due its first service? Or is it something more ominous? I'm concerned because I wouldn't expect something non critical to be illuminated in red. Any red lights usually mean stop immediately, don't they? Please help, what should I do?
If only Ducati recorded this information in some sort of document that owner's could use as a reference. Perhaps they could put this on their website and allow owners to download a copy of the information. Something like an Owner's Handbook. They could then possibly put this information on something like page 200. Just a suggestion.
Thanks guys. I'd have referred to the hand book if I had it on me. Just red lights are normally an ominous sign.
Don't worry, a simple answer is all that's needed rather than sarcasm. It has caught a few people out before.
1st service is required at 1000 km which is 620 miles. I'd say the light refers to the oil service now being due.
Here's the online user manual. I don't carry the manuals on my bikes either (should do I suppose....) so, I always have the online version saved in favourites on my phone: V4 PP User Manual. Page 271 for what it's worth.
An indication of the times ; the first sections cover the cruise control and Infotainment and the controls aren't mentioned until page 127!
That makes sense. I've only ever seen it referred to as the 600 mile service. I know for a fact this wasn't showing at 600 or just after, but the next time I looked at 630 the light was showing. I feel silly for panicking now but I thought a red oil symbol meant low oil pressure universally. I've never worried about carrying a user manual before but every bike I have had been before has been so much more basic in tech in comparison. These Multistradas are every bit as technically complex as most modern top spec cars.
Understandable really. Oil pressure lights have always been red and the symbol does have an oil can symbol. I see though that there is an oil pressure warning light to the right of the dash which will come on at switch on and go out when the engine is started.
This is a new bike I'm assuming? Your dealer is being shit, they should have explained all this to you and they should also be an open tap for concerns or questions... Get on the blower to them first is my suggestion.
hope you're booked in already for the first service; this time of year my local dealer is talking long lead times.......though simple job so should be able to slot you in
Dealer is M&P Cardiff. I never even walked in the showroom or saw the bike before it was delivered to me, so consequently nobody to run through things with me. I did thumb through the user manual but naturally I can't remember everything. I did suspect it would just be the oil service warning but being a red oil can symbol, I wanted to be 100% sure before I kept riding it. I did try to get one locally but nobody has any Pikes Peaks in stock. I did try calling M&P and also my local dealer in Ashford, Kent before posting on here but being a Sunday naturally they were both closed :-( Yeah I booked it over a week ago knowing the Devon trip would take me over the 600 mark. It's booked for Friday this week and they're going to fit my centre stand for me and (hopefully, I haven't asked them yet) activate my heated grips and seat.
The other reason I was extra worried was occasionally I could smell a nasty burning rubber/plastic smell when I stopped. I never noticed this before the dashcam was fitted, so was worried the guy who fitted it might have disturbed something he shouldn't or laid his cable in a place it had melted. I could only smell it a handful of times, not every time. So might have just been some mud on the rad or exhaust that was burning off to make the smell. My son was with me riding his bike as well and he reckons his CBR500R makes a smell when it's hot and reckons it might have been coming from his bike instead of mine when I could smell it. Anyway the smell seems to have gone away now, I haven't smelled it for over 200 miles now so hopefully that was just a flash in the pan.
