Modern automobiles are built with an impressive quantity of options, and now you can even play Deezer on your motor vehicle. On the other hand, some simple options are still quite useful. Indeed, being aware of the range of your Fiat Bravo is part of the simple knowledge in order not to run out of gas. A lot of us tend to do similar thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our Fiat Bravo 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 Fiat Bravo . 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 Fiat Bravo.
How does the trip odometer operate on Fiat Bravo?
Let’s start our article with how your meter works. Although it’s not necessary to discover how your motor vehicle works, it’s still wise and practical to know the basics. If you’re questioning about resetting your odometer to Fiat Bravo , then this component will absolutely 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 replace is specifically to fight against mileage fraud , in fact, many people knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to reduce or reset the mileage of a Fiat Bravo 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 Fiat Bravo, it is a sensor that can be located in different spots depending on the year of your Fiat Bravo and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Fiat Bravo
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Now let’s proceed to the most important step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Fiat Bravo? Although this step is often easy to execute, some of you, new buyers of Fiat Bravo for example, may not be comfortable with the procedure to carry out this task.
We will now check out the different approaches to reset the trip odometer to zero on Fiat Bravo:
- 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 until the odometer of your Fiat Bravo 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 Fiat Bravo, please browse our article on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Fiat Bravo odometer
Last component, which may interest some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Fiat Bravo . Know already that this action is totally forbidden by the law , and that if you execute 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 Fiat Bravo before you buy it, it may be interesting to know how fraudsters run.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Fiat Bravo:
Nevertheless they are becoming more and more rare, mechanical odometers are the least difficult 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 produce it turn upside down and raise or lower the mileage of its Fiat Bravo. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Fiat Bravo;
At last, the now common electronic odometers that were expected to fight fraud efficiently are no more invulnerable than the mechanical variants. Indeed, using the diagnostic socket of your Fiat Bravo, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Fiat Bravo , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to modify the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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Whenever you have any additional questions about the Fiat Bravo, do not hesitate to consult our Fiat Bravo category.
