Modern vehicles are built with a notable range of features, and now you can even enjoy Deezer on your motor vehicle. However, some basic features are still quite functional. In actual fact, being aware of the range of your Dacia Lodgy 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 Dacia Lodgy 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 Dacia Lodgy . 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 Dacia Lodgy.
How does the trip odometer work on Dacia Lodgy?
Let’s begin our article with how your meter functions. While it’s not necessary to understand how your motor vehicle works, it’s still wise and practical to know the principles. If you’re wondering about resetting your odometer to Dacia Lodgy , then this part will definitely interest you.
The odometer or odometer totalizer of your motor vehicle utilized to be mechanical, and has now been changed to electronic. The intent of this change is principally to fight against mileage fraud , in actual fact, plenty of people knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to lower or reset the mileage of a Dacia Lodgy 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 general on the Dacia Lodgy, it is a sensor that can be placed in different places based on the year of your Dacia Lodgy and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Dacia Lodgy
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Now let’s proceed to the most important step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Dacia Lodgy? Nevertheless this step is generally easy to accomplish, some of you, new buyers of Dacia Lodgy for example, may not be familiar with the procedure to accomplish this task.
We will now look at the different approaches to reset the trip odometer to zero on Dacia Lodgy:
- 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 Dacia Lodgy 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 Dacia Lodgy, please go through our article on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Dacia Lodgy odometer
Last part, which may interest some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Dacia Lodgy . 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 Dacia Lodgy before you buy it, it might be interesting to know how scammers run.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Dacia Lodgy:
Even though they are becoming progressively rare, mechanical odometers are the easiest to tamper with, in fact, it was enough to just 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 Dacia Lodgy. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Dacia Lodgy;
Finally, the now general electronic odometers that were intended to fight fraud effectively are no more invulnerable than the mechanical variants. In actual fact, using the diagnostic socket of your Dacia Lodgy, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Dacia Lodgy , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to change the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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