Modern vehicles are equipped with an impressive number of features, and now you can even listen to Deezer on your car. However, some basic features are still quite practical. In actual fact, knowing the range of your Fiat 500 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 Fiat 500 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 Fiat 500 . 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 Fiat 500.
How does the trip odometer function on Fiat 500?
Let’s begin our content page with how your meter functions. Although it’s not necessary to figure out how your car works, it’s still wise and practical to know the principles. If you’re concerned about about resetting your odometer to Fiat 500 , then this component will absolutely 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 , in fact, plenty of people knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to reduce or reset the mileage of a Fiat 500 in order to sell it for more than its real value.
In the mechanical version, it functions 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 basic on the Fiat 500, it is a sensor that can be positioned in different spots depending on the year of your Fiat 500 and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Fiat 500
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Now let’s proceed to the most essential step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Fiat 500? Although this step is often easy to carry out, some of you, new buyers of Fiat 500 for example, may not be knowledgeable with the procedure to perform this task.
We will now check out the different techniques to reset the trip odometer to zero on Fiat 500:
- Hold the right button on your dashboard for some seconds until zero is shown on the trip odometer
- If this button does not function, you can use the right-hand counter comodo by pressing the button at its end for a few seconds until the odometer of your Fiat 500 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 settings to reset it to zero
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If you want to reset the service counter of your Fiat 500, please read our content page on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Fiat 500 odometer
Last component, which may benefit some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Fiat 500 . Know already that this action is totally not allowed by the law , and that if you carry out this action, you risk up to 2 years in prison and 300, 000 euros fine. However, if you have doubts about the mileage of a Fiat 500 before you buy it, it might be interesting to know how fraudsters run.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Fiat 500:
Nevertheless they are becoming progressively rare, mechanical odometers are the easiest to tamper with, in fact, it was enough to just 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 Fiat 500. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Fiat 500;
At last, the now basic electronic odometers that were intended to fight fraud effectively are no more invulnerable than the mechanical versions. In actual fact, using the diagnostic socket of your Fiat 500, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Fiat 500 , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to change the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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