Modern automobiles are equipped with a notable number of options, and now you can even listen to Deezer on your car. However, some basic options are still quite practical. In fact, being aware of the range of your Citroen Saxo is part of the basic knowledge in order not to run out of gas. Most of us tend to do similar thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our Citroen Saxo to zero after filling it up to know how many kilometers we’re going to drive . In this post, we will explain how to reset the odometer on Citroen Saxo . 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 Citroen Saxo.
How does the trip odometer work on Citroen Saxo?
Let’s begin our content page with how your meter functions. While it’s not necessary to discover how your car works, it’s still wise and practical to know the fundamentals. If you’re concerned about about resetting your odometer to Citroen Saxo , then this part will absolutely interest you.
The odometer or odometer totalizer of your car used to be mechanical, and has now been changed to electronic. The goal of this replace is specifically to fight against mileage fraud , indeed, plenty of people knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to lower or reset the mileage of a Citroen Saxo 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 Saxo, it is a sensor that can be located in different places depending on the year of your Citroen Saxo and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Citroen Saxo
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Now let’s move on to the most essential step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Citroen Saxo? Although this step is generally easy to accomplish, some of you, new buyers of Citroen Saxo for example, may not be comfortable with the process to accomplish this process.
We will now check out the different ways to reset the trip odometer to zero on Citroen Saxo:
- Hold the right button on your dashboard for several seconds until zero is shown 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 till the odometer of your Citroen Saxo 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 configurations to reset it to zero
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If you want to reset the service counter of your Citroen Saxo, please go through our content page on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Citroen Saxo odometer
Last part, which may interest some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Citroen Saxo . Know already that this act is totally forbidden by the law , and that if you accomplish 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 Saxo before you buy it, it might be interesting to know how scammers operate.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Citroen Saxo:
Although they are becoming more and more rare, mechanical odometers are the easiest to tamper with, in reality, it was enough to simply 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 Citroen Saxo. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Citroen Saxo;
At last, the now common electronic odometers that were expected to fight fraud effectively are no more invulnerable than the mechanical versions. In fact, using the diagnostic socket of your Citroen Saxo, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Citroen Saxo , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to modify the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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If perhaps you have any further questions about the Citroen Saxo, do not hesitate to consult our Citroen Saxo category.
