Modern automobiles are built with a notable number of features, and now you can even enjoy Deezer on your car. On the other hand, some basic features are still quite practical. In truth, being aware of the range of your Hyundai Sonata is part of the basic knowledge in order not to run out of gas. Most of us tend to do similar thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our Hyundai Sonata 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 Hyundai Sonata . 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 reduce the mileage of its Hyundai Sonata.
How does the trip odometer function on Hyundai Sonata?
Let’s begin our content with how your meter works. Although it’s not required to understand how your car works, it’s still wise and practical to know the fundamentals. If you’re thinking about about resetting your odometer to Hyundai Sonata , then this part will absolutely interest you.
The odometer or odometer totalizer of your car employed to be mechanical, and has now been changed to electronic. The aim of this change is mainly to fight against mileage fraud , obviously, some of us knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to lower or reset the mileage of a Hyundai Sonata 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 Hyundai Sonata, it is a sensor that can be positioned in different spots depending on the year of your Hyundai Sonata and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Hyundai Sonata
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Now let’s move on to the most important step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Hyundai Sonata? Although this step is generally easy to execute, some of you, new buyers of Hyundai Sonata for example, may not be knowledgeable with the procedure to execute this process.
We will now look at the different techniques to reset the trip odometer to zero on Hyundai Sonata:
- 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 couple of seconds until the odometer of your Hyundai Sonata 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 configurations to reset it to zero
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If you want to reset the service counter of your Hyundai Sonata, please browse our content on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Hyundai Sonata odometer
Last part, which may interest some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Hyundai Sonata . Know already that this act is totally forbidden by the law , and that if you execute this action, you risk up to 2 years in prison and 300, 000 euros fine. However, if you have doubts about the mileage of a Hyundai Sonata before you buy it, it may be interesting to know how fraudsters work.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Hyundai Sonata:
Although they are becoming increasingly 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 Hyundai Sonata. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Hyundai Sonata;
Finally, the now common electronic odometers that were supposed to fight fraud effectively are no more invulnerable than the mechanical versions. In truth, using the diagnostic socket of your Hyundai Sonata, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Hyundai Sonata , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to modify the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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