Modern automobiles are equipped with an impressive range of features, and now you can even play Deezer on your motor vehicle. On the other hand, some simple features are still quite practical. Obviously, being familiar with the range of your Fiat Panda is part of the simple knowledge in order not to run out of gas. Many of us often do similar thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our Fiat Panda to zero after filling it up to know how many kilometers we’re going to drive . In this article, we will describe how to reset the odometer on Fiat Panda . 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 decrease the mileage of its Fiat Panda.

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How does the trip odometer work on Fiat Panda?

Let’s start our content with how your meter functions. While it’s not required to understand how your motor vehicle works, it’s still wise and practical to know the basics. If you’re wondering about resetting your odometer to Fiat Panda , 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 aim of this replace is specifically to fight against mileage fraud , obviously, some of us knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to lower or reset the mileage of a Fiat Panda 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 Fiat Panda, it is a sensor that can be located in different places depending on the year of your Fiat Panda and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.

Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Fiat Panda

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Now let’s move on to the most necessary step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Fiat Panda? Nevertheless this step is often easy to perform, some of you, new buyers of Fiat Panda for example, may not be knowledgeable with the procedure to accomplish this process.

We will now check out the different ways to reset the trip odometer to zero on Fiat Panda:

  • 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 couple of seconds till the odometer of your Fiat Panda 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 options to reset it to zero

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If you want to reset the service counter of your Fiat Panda, please read our content on this topic.

Rollback or lower the mileage of his Fiat Panda odometer

Last part, which may interest some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Fiat Panda . Know already that this action is totally not allowed by the law , and that if you perform this action, you risk up to 2 years in prison and 300, 000 euros fine. Nevertheless, if you have doubts about the mileage of a Fiat Panda before you buy it, it might be interesting to know how scammers operate.

  • Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Fiat Panda:

    Nevertheless they are becoming more and more rare, mechanical odometers are the least difficult 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 Panda.
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  • Reset electronic odometer to zero on Fiat Panda;

    Finally, the now common electronic odometers that were intended to fight fraud efficiently are no more invulnerable than the mechanical versions. Obviously, using the diagnostic socket of your Fiat Panda, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Fiat Panda , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to change the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.

If you want more guides on the Fiat Panda, go to our Fiat Panda category.