Modern automobiles are furnished with an impressive number of features, and now you can even play Deezer on your motor vehicle. Nevertheless, some simple features are still quite practical. Obviously, being aware of the range of your Ford Transit Connect 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 Transit Connect 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 Transit Connect . In a first time, we will be keen on 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 Ford Transit Connect.
How does the trip odometer operate on Ford Transit Connect?
Let’s begin our article with how your meter works. While it’s not required to figure out how your motor vehicle works, it’s still wise and practical to know the basics. If you’re thinking about about resetting your odometer to Ford Transit Connect , then this part will surely benefit you.
The odometer or odometer totalizer of your motor vehicle used to be mechanical, and has now been changed to electronic. The goal of this change is mainly to fight against mileage fraud , in fact, some of us knew how to change mechanical odometers to reduce or reset the mileage of a Ford Transit Connect in order to sell it for more than its real value.
In the mechanical version, it works 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 general on the Ford Transit Connect, it is a sensor that can be placed in different locations depending on the year of your Ford Transit Connect and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Ford Transit Connect
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Now let’s move on to the most necessary step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Ford Transit Connect? Although this step is often easy to perform, some of you, new buyers of Ford Transit Connect for example, may not be knowledgeable with the process to perform this task.
We will now look at the different approaches to reset the trip odometer to zero on Ford Transit Connect:
- 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 couple of seconds until the odometer of your Ford Transit Connect 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 Transit Connect, please go through our article on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Ford Transit Connect odometer
Last part, which may benefit some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Ford Transit Connect . Know already that this act is totally forbidden by the law , and that if you perform this work, you risk up to 2 years in prison and 300, 000 euros fine. Nevertheless, if you have doubts about the mileage of a Ford Transit Connect before you buy it, it might be interesting to know how scammers run.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Ford Transit Connect:
Nevertheless they are becoming more and more rare, mechanical odometers are the least difficult to tamper with, in fact, it was enough to just 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 Transit Connect. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Ford Transit Connect;
At last, the now general 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 Transit Connect, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Ford Transit Connect , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to change the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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In the event that you have any additional questions about the Ford Transit Connect, do not hesitate to consult our Ford Transit Connect category.
