Modern vehicles are built with a notable quantity of features, and now you can even enjoy Deezer on your motor vehicle. On the other hand, some simple features are still quite handy. Obviously, knowing the range of your Ford Flex is part of the simple knowledge in order not to run out of gas. Most of us tend to do similar thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our Ford Flex 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 Ford Flex . In a first time, we will be interested in 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 reduce the mileage of its Ford Flex.
How does the trip odometer work on Ford Flex?
Let’s start our content page with how your meter works. Although it’s not necessary to figure out how your motor vehicle works, it’s still wise and practical to know the principles. If you’re wondering about resetting your odometer to Ford Flex , then this part 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 aim of this change is principally to fight against mileage fraud , indeed, many people knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to reduce or reset the mileage of a Ford Flex 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 basic on the Ford Flex, it is a sensor that can be positioned in different locations based on the year of your Ford Flex and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Ford Flex
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Now let’s move on to the most necessary step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Ford Flex? Although this step is quite often easy to perform, some of you, new buyers of Ford Flex for example, may not be familiar with the procedure to perform this process.
We will now look at the different methods to reset the trip odometer to zero on Ford Flex:
- Hold the right button on your dashboard for some seconds until zero is displayed 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 Ford Flex 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 Ford Flex, please browse our content page on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Ford Flex odometer
Last part, which may interest some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Ford Flex . Know already that this work is totally forbidden by the law , and that if you perform this act, you risk up to 2 years in prison and 300, 000 euros fine. Nevertheless, if you have doubts about the mileage of a Ford Flex before you buy it, it might be interesting to know how scammers operate.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Ford Flex:
Although they are becoming more and more rare, mechanical odometers are the least difficult to tamper with, in reality, it was enough to simply 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 Ford Flex. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Ford Flex;
Finally, the now basic electronic odometers that were supposed to fight fraud efficiently are no more invulnerable than the mechanical versions. Obviously, using the diagnostic socket of your Ford Flex, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Ford Flex , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to modify the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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