Conditions for Clearing the MIL/DTC
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2002 Pontiac Montana, 2002 Oldsmobile Silhouette, and 2002 Chevrolet Venture. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
The DTC clears when the microprocessor runs either a successful check sum test or a successful write to the non-volatile memory.