Modern vehicles are equipped with an impressive number of options, and now you can even listen to Deezer on your car. On the other hand, some simple options are still quite functional. In fact, knowing the range of your BMW X3 is part of the simple knowledge in order not to run out of gas. Many of us often do the same thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our BMW X3 to zero after filling it up to know how many kilometers we’re going to drive . In this post, we will describe how to reset the odometer on BMW X3 . In a first time, we will be interested in how this day counter functions 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 X3.
How does the trip odometer function on BMW X3?
Let’s begin our article with how your meter functions. While it’s not necessary to figure out how your car works, it’s still wise and practical to know the basics. If you’re questioning about resetting your odometer to BMW X3 , then this part will absolutely interest you.
The odometer or odometer totalizer of your car utilized to be mechanical, and has now been changed to electronic. The goal of this change is specifically to fight against mileage fraud , in actual fact, plenty of people knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to reduce or reset the mileage of a BMW X3 in order to sell it for more than its real value.
In the mechanical version, it functions with a system of drums linked 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 X3, it is a sensor that can be placed in different places depending on the year of your BMW X3 and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on BMW X3
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Now let’s move on to the most necessary step, how to reset the daily odometer of your BMW X3? Although this step is generally easy to perform, some of you, new buyers of BMW X3 for example, may not be familiar with the procedure to accomplish this process.
We will now look at the different ways to reset the trip odometer to zero on BMW X3:
- Hold the right button on your dashboard for some seconds until zero is displayed on the trip odometer
- If this button does not function, you can use the right-hand counter comodo by pressing the button at its end for a few seconds till the odometer of your BMW X3 is reset to zero.
- Finally, on some of the newer models, you may need to search 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 X3, please browse our article on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his BMW X3 odometer
Last part, which may interest some of you, how to lower the mileage of his BMW X3 . Know already that this work is totally not allowed by the law , and that if you perform this act, you risk up to 2 years in prison and 300, 000 euros fine. However, if you have doubts about the mileage of a BMW X3 before you buy it, it may be interesting to know how scammers operate.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on BMW X3:
Although they are becoming increasingly rare, mechanical odometers are the easiest to tamper with, in fact, it was enough to just identify the cable of the meter, disconnect it, and plug a drill on it to produce it turn upside down and raise or lower the mileage of its BMW X3. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on BMW X3;
Finally, the now common electronic odometers that were intended to fight fraud effectively are no more invulnerable than the mechanical variants. In fact, using the diagnostic socket of your BMW X3, it is possible to reset the odometer of your BMW X3 , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to modify the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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