Modern vehicles are built with a notable quantity of options, and now you can even play Deezer on your motor vehicle. On the other hand, some simple options are still quite functional. Obviously, knowing the range of your Ford Tourneo 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 Ford Tourneo to zero after filling it up to know how many kilometers we’re going to drive . In this post, we will describe how to reset the odometer on Ford Tourneo . 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 reduce the mileage of its Ford Tourneo.
How does the trip odometer function on Ford Tourneo?
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 fundamentals. If you’re concerned about about resetting your odometer to Ford Tourneo , then this component will absolutely interest you.
The odometer or odometer totalizer of your motor vehicle employed to be mechanical, and has now been changed to electronic. The goal of this replace is specifically to fight against mileage fraud , in truth, some of us knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to reduce or reset the mileage of a Ford Tourneo 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 Ford Tourneo, it is a sensor that can be positioned in different spots based on the year of your Ford Tourneo and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Ford Tourneo
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Now let’s proceed to the most important step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Ford Tourneo? Nevertheless this step is often easy to accomplish, some of you, new buyers of Ford Tourneo for example, may not be familiar with the process to accomplish this task.
We will now look at the different ways to reset the trip odometer to zero on Ford Tourneo:
- Hold the right button on your dashboard for some seconds until zero is displayed 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 till the odometer of your Ford Tourneo is reset to zero.
- Finally, on some of the newer models, you may need to go 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 Ford Tourneo, please read our article on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Ford Tourneo odometer
Last component, which may interest some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Ford Tourneo . Know already that this work 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 Ford Tourneo before you buy it, it may be interesting to know how scammers run.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Ford Tourneo:
Although they are becoming progressively rare, mechanical odometers are the least difficult to tamper with, in fact, it was enough to simply find 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 Ford Tourneo. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Ford Tourneo;
At last, the now common electronic odometers that were expected to fight fraud effectively are no more invulnerable than the mechanical types. Obviously, using the diagnostic socket of your Ford Tourneo, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Ford Tourneo , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to modify the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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To find more tips on the Ford Tourneo, take a look at the Ford Tourneo category.
