Modern vehicles are built with an impressive quantity of options, and now you can even listen to Deezer on your motor vehicle. On the other hand, some basic options are still quite functional. Indeed, being aware of the range of your BMW 4 Series is part of the basic knowledge in order not to run out of gas. A lot of us often do the same thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our BMW 4 Series to zero after filling it up to know how many kilometers we’re going to drive . In this article, we will describe how to reset the odometer on BMW 4 Series . In a first time, we will be enthusiastic about how this day counter works and, in a second time, how to reset this trip odometer and in a last part, if it is possible to reduce the mileage of its BMW 4 Series.
How does the trip odometer operate on BMW 4 Series?
Let’s start our article with how your meter works. While it’s not required to discover how your motor vehicle works, it’s still wise and practical to know the basics. If you’re wondering about resetting your odometer to BMW 4 Series , then this part will definitely interest you.
The odometer or odometer totalizer of your motor vehicle used to be mechanical, and has now been changed to electronic. The goal of this change is mainly to fight against mileage fraud , in actual fact, some of us knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to lower or reset the mileage of a BMW 4 Series in order to sell it for more than its real value.
In the mechanical version, it works with a system of drums connected to a cable that is driven by the gearbox output shaft or the differential . Finally for the electronic version, the most common on the BMW 4 Series, it is a sensor that can be placed in different locations depending on the year of your BMW 4 Series and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on BMW 4 Series
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Now let’s proceed to the most essential step, how to reset the daily odometer of your BMW 4 Series? Nevertheless this step is quite often easy to conduct, some of you, new buyers of BMW 4 Series for example, may not be knowledgeable with the procedure to carry out this process.
We will now look at the different ways to reset the trip odometer to zero on BMW 4 Series:
- Hold the right button on your dashboard for some seconds until zero is displayed on the trip odometer
- If this button does not operate, you can use the right-hand counter comodo by pressing the button at its end for a few seconds until the odometer of your BMW 4 Series is reset to zero.
- Finally, on some of the newer models, you may need to proceed through your car’s centre console and display, going through your car’s options to reset it to zero
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If you want to reset the service counter of your BMW 4 Series, please go through our article on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his BMW 4 Series odometer
Last part, which may interest some of you, how to lower the mileage of his BMW 4 Series . Know already that this act is totally forbidden by the law , and that if you conduct this work, you risk up to 2 years in prison and 300, 000 euros fine. However, if you have doubts about the mileage of a BMW 4 Series before you buy it, it might be interesting to know how fraudsters run.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on BMW 4 Series:
Although they are becoming progressively rare, mechanical odometers are the least difficult to tamper with, in reality, it was enough to just find the cable of the meter, disconnect it, and plug a drill on it to make it turn upside down and raise or lower the mileage of its BMW 4 Series. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on BMW 4 Series;
Finally, the now common electronic odometers that were expected to fight fraud effectively are no more invulnerable than the mechanical types. Indeed, using the diagnostic socket of your BMW 4 Series, it is possible to reset the odometer of your BMW 4 Series , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to change the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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To discover more tips on the BMW 4 Series, take a look at the BMW 4 Series category.
