Modern vehicles are equipped with an impressive quantity of features, and now you can even enjoy Deezer on your car. On the other hand, some basic features are still quite practical. Obviously, being aware of the range of your Mercedes Gla is part of the basic knowledge in order not to run out of gas. A lot of us tend to do the same thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our Mercedes Gla to zero after filling it up to know how many kilometers we’re going to drive . In this post, we will explain how to reset the odometer on Mercedes Gla . In a first time, we will be enthusiastic about 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 Mercedes Gla.
How does the trip odometer function on Mercedes Gla?
Let’s start our article with how your meter works. While it’s not necessary to discover how your car works, it’s still wise and practical to know the fundamentals. If you’re questioning about resetting your odometer to Mercedes Gla , then this part will definitely benefit you.
The odometer or odometer totalizer of your car used to be mechanical, and has now been changed to electronic. The purpose of this change is mainly to fight against mileage fraud , in actual fact, many people knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to lower or reset the mileage of a Mercedes Gla to be able 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 common on the Mercedes Gla, it is a sensor that can be positioned in different spots depending on the year of your Mercedes Gla and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Mercedes Gla
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Now let’s proceed to the most essential step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Mercedes Gla? Although this step is generally easy to perform, some of you, new buyers of Mercedes Gla for example, may not be comfortable with the process to execute this task.
We will now look at the different techniques to reset the trip odometer to zero on Mercedes Gla:
- 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 Mercedes Gla 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 Mercedes Gla, please read our article on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Mercedes Gla odometer
Last part, which may benefit some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Mercedes Gla . Know already that this act 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. However, if you have doubts about the mileage of a Mercedes Gla before you buy it, it might be interesting to know how fraudsters operate.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Mercedes Gla:
Nevertheless they are becoming progressively rare, mechanical odometers are the easiest to tamper with, in reality, it was enough to just locate 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 Mercedes Gla. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Mercedes Gla;
At last, the now common electronic odometers that were supposed to fight fraud efficiently are no more invulnerable than the mechanical versions. Obviously, using the diagnostic socket of your Mercedes Gla, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Mercedes Gla , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to change the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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If perhaps you have any further questions about the Mercedes Gla, do not hesitate to consult our Mercedes Gla category.
