Modern automobiles are equipped with a notable quantity of features, and now you can even listen to Deezer on your car. However, some basic features are still quite useful. Obviously, being aware of the range of your Citroen Xsara is part of the basic knowledge in order not to run out of gas. A lot of us often do similar thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our Citroen Xsara to zero after filling it up to know how many kilometers we’re going to drive . In this article, we will explain how to reset the odometer on Citroen Xsara . 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 decrease the mileage of its Citroen Xsara.
How does the trip odometer work on Citroen Xsara?
Let’s start our content page with how your meter works. Although it’s not necessary to understand 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 Xsara , then this component will definitely benefit you.
The odometer or odometer totalizer of your car used to be mechanical, and has now been changed to electronic. The aim of this change is specifically to fight against mileage fraud , indeed, many people knew how to change mechanical odometers to lower or reset the mileage of a Citroen Xsara in order to sell it for more than its real value.
In the mechanical version, it works 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 Citroen Xsara, it is a sensor that can be placed in different locations based on the year of your Citroen Xsara and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Citroen Xsara
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Now let’s proceed to the most important step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Citroen Xsara? Nevertheless this step is often easy to conduct, some of you, new buyers of Citroen Xsara for example, may not be comfortable with the procedure to execute this process.
We will now check out the different ways to reset the trip odometer to zero on Citroen Xsara:
- Hold the right button on your dashboard for some 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 Xsara 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 Xsara, please browse our content page on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Citroen Xsara odometer
Last component, which may benefit some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Citroen Xsara . Know already that this work is totally not allowed by the law , and that if you conduct 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 Citroen Xsara before you buy it, it might be interesting to know how fraudsters operate.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Citroen Xsara:
Nevertheless they are becoming more and more rare, mechanical odometers are the least difficult to tamper with, in fact, 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 Citroen Xsara. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Citroen Xsara;
At last, the now common electronic odometers that were expected to fight fraud efficiently are no more invulnerable than the mechanical types. Obviously, using the diagnostic socket of your Citroen Xsara, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Citroen Xsara , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to modify the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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