Modern automobiles are built with a notable number of features, and now you can even listen to Deezer on your car. On the other hand, some basic features are still quite functional. In fact, being aware of the range of your Citroen Ds4 is part of the basic knowledge in order not to run out of gas. Many of us tend to do similar thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our Citroen Ds4 to zero after filling it up to know how many kilometers we’re going to drive . In this article, we will show you how to reset the odometer on Citroen Ds4 . In a first time, we will be keen on 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 decrease the mileage of its Citroen Ds4.
How does the trip odometer operate on Citroen Ds4?
Let’s begin our content with how your meter functions. While it’s not required to discover how your car works, it’s still wise and practical to know the principles. If you’re concerned about about resetting your odometer to Citroen Ds4 , 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 intent of this change is principally to fight against mileage fraud , obviously, many people knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to lower or reset the mileage of a Citroen Ds4 in order to sell it for more than its real value.
In the mechanical version, it functions 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 Citroen Ds4, it is a sensor that can be positioned in different spots based on the year of your Citroen Ds4 and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Citroen Ds4
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Now let’s move on to the most important step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Citroen Ds4? Although this step is quite often easy to accomplish, some of you, new buyers of Citroen Ds4 for example, may not be comfortable with the procedure to accomplish this task.
We will now look at the different ways to reset the trip odometer to zero on Citroen Ds4:
- 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 till the odometer of your Citroen Ds4 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 settings to reset it to zero
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If you want to reset the service counter of your Citroen Ds4, please browse our content on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Citroen Ds4 odometer
Last part, which may benefit some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Citroen Ds4 . Know already that this work is totally forbidden by the law , and that if you accomplish this action, you risk up to 2 years in prison and 300, 000 euros fine. Nevertheless, if you have doubts about the mileage of a Citroen Ds4 before you buy it, it might be interesting to know how scammers work.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Citroen Ds4:
Although they are becoming progressively rare, mechanical odometers are the easiest to tamper with, in fact, it was enough to simply identify 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 Ds4. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Citroen Ds4;
Finally, the now common electronic odometers that were supposed to fight fraud effectively are no more invulnerable than the mechanical versions. In fact, using the diagnostic socket of your Citroen Ds4, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Citroen Ds4 , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to change the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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