Q: Still not able to reset the engine hours on my 2016 f250 the menu does not give you an option

asked by on January 25, 2018

Ask a question from y'all yesterday about resetting the engine hours on my 2016 f250 and y'all replied that I can do it using the trucks information menu you can't do it this way then the mechanic said I could use a scan tool I don't own a scan tool and if I buy one I don't want to waste money so what type of tool would do this?

My car has 28000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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