Modern automobiles are furnished with an impressive range of features, and now you can even play Deezer on your car. Nevertheless, some simple features are still quite handy. Indeed, being aware of the range of your Citroen C4 is part of the simple knowledge in order not to run out of gas. Most of us tend to do the same thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our Citroen C4 to zero after filling it up to know how many kilometers we’re going to drive . In this post, we will show you how to reset the odometer on Citroen C4 . In a first time, we will be keen on 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 decrease the mileage of its Citroen C4.
How does the trip odometer work on Citroen C4?
Let’s begin our content page with how your meter works. 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 wondering about resetting your odometer to Citroen C4 , then this part will definitely benefit you.
The odometer or odometer totalizer of your car employed to be mechanical, and has now been changed to electronic. The goal of this replace is specifically to fight against mileage fraud , indeed, some individuals knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to reduce or reset the mileage of a Citroen C4 to be able 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 general on the Citroen C4, it is a sensor that can be located in different locations depending on the year of your Citroen C4 and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Citroen C4
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Now let’s move on to the most necessary step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Citroen C4? Although this step is often easy to carry out, some of you, new buyers of Citroen C4 for example, may not be comfortable with the procedure to perform this process.
We will now check out the different ways to reset the trip odometer to zero on Citroen C4:
- Hold the right button on your dashboard for some seconds until zero is displayed on the trip odometer
- If this button does not work, you can use the right-hand counter comodo by pressing the button at its end for a few seconds until the odometer of your Citroen C4 is reset to zero.
- Finally, on some of the newer models, you may need to go 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 Citroen C4, please go through our content page on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Citroen C4 odometer
Last part, which may benefit some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Citroen C4 . Know already that this action is totally forbidden by the law , and that if you carry out 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 Citroen C4 before you buy it, it may be interesting to know how fraudsters run.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Citroen C4:
Even though they are becoming more and more rare, mechanical odometers are the easiest to tamper with, in fact, it was enough to simply locate 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 Citroen C4. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Citroen C4;
Finally, the now general electronic odometers that were expected to fight fraud efficiently are no more invulnerable than the mechanical variants. Indeed, using the diagnostic socket of your Citroen C4, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Citroen C4 , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to change the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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If perhaps you have any further questions about the Citroen C4, do not hesitate to consult our Citroen C4 category.
