Modern automobiles are equipped with a notable number of features, and now you can even play Deezer on your car. Nevertheless, some basic features are still quite handy. In actual fact, being familiar with the range of your Kia Sedona is part of the basic knowledge in order not to run out of gas. Many of us tend to do similar thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our Kia Sedona 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 Kia Sedona . 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 Kia Sedona.
How does the trip odometer function on Kia Sedona?
Let’s begin our content with how your meter functions. Although it’s not necessary to figure out how your car works, it’s still wise and practical to know the fundamentals. If you’re thinking about about resetting your odometer to Kia Sedona , then this component will definitely interest you.
The odometer or odometer totalizer of your car utilized to be mechanical, and has now been changed to electronic. The goal of this change is mainly to fight against mileage fraud , in actual fact, some individuals knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to reduce or reset the mileage of a Kia Sedona to be able to sell it for more than its real value.
In the mechanical version, it functions 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 general on the Kia Sedona, it is a sensor that can be located in different locations depending on the year of your Kia Sedona and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Kia Sedona
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Now let’s proceed to the most necessary step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Kia Sedona? Although this step is often easy to accomplish, some of you, new buyers of Kia Sedona for example, may not be familiar with the process to accomplish this task.
We will now look at the different techniques to reset the trip odometer to zero on Kia Sedona:
- Hold the right button on your dashboard for several 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 till the odometer of your Kia Sedona 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 Kia Sedona, please browse our content on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Kia Sedona odometer
Last component, which may interest some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Kia Sedona . 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. Nevertheless, if you have doubts about the mileage of a Kia Sedona before you buy it, it might be interesting to know how fraudsters work.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Kia Sedona:
Even though they are becoming progressively rare, mechanical odometers are the least difficult to tamper with, in reality, it was enough to just identify 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 Kia Sedona. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Kia Sedona;
At last, the now general electronic odometers that were intended to fight fraud effectively are no more invulnerable than the mechanical versions. In actual fact, using the diagnostic socket of your Kia Sedona, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Kia Sedona , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to modify the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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Whenever you have any additional questions about the Kia Sedona, do not hesitate to consult our Kia Sedona category.
