i feel the need to add to this as this issue presented itself to me a little while back and was quite frustrating.
there are relays that run those lights, i had a bad one and after replacement the code would still not clear. did not have the maintenance password. the software version was an old one and would not automatically reset the code after the circuit was repaired, the dealer had to come and reset maint. password and installed the latest software, now once the circuit is repaired the code automatically clears.