Modern vehicles are equipped with a notable number of features, and now you can even enjoy Deezer on your car. On the other hand, some simple features are still quite functional. In fact, knowing the range of your Mercedes Viano is part of the simple knowledge in order not to run out of gas. Many of us tend to do the same thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our Mercedes Viano to zero after filling it up to know how many kilometers we’re going to drive . In this post, we will show you how to reset the odometer on Mercedes Viano . 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 Mercedes Viano.
How does the trip odometer work on Mercedes Viano?
Let’s begin our content page with how your meter functions. While it’s not necessary to understand how your car works, it’s still wise and practical to know the fundamentals. If you’re questioning about resetting your odometer to Mercedes Viano , then this part will definitely 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 principally to fight against mileage fraud , indeed, some of us knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to lower or reset the mileage of a Mercedes Viano 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 general on the Mercedes Viano, it is a sensor that can be located in different locations based on the year of your Mercedes Viano and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Mercedes Viano
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Now let’s move on to the most important step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Mercedes Viano? Although this step is often easy to accomplish, some of you, new buyers of Mercedes Viano for example, may not be familiar with the process to execute this process.
We will now look at the different techniques to reset the trip odometer to zero on Mercedes Viano:
- Hold the right button on your dashboard for several seconds until zero is displayed on the trip odometer
- If this button does not work, 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 Viano is reset to zero.
- Finally, on some of the newer models, you may need to proceed 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 Mercedes Viano, please browse our content page on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Mercedes Viano odometer
Last part, which may interest some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Mercedes Viano . 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 Mercedes Viano before you buy it, it might be interesting to know how scammers operate.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Mercedes Viano:
Nevertheless they are becoming more and more rare, mechanical odometers are the least difficult 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 Viano. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Mercedes Viano;
Finally, the now general electronic odometers that were intended to fight fraud efficiently are no more invulnerable than the mechanical variants. In fact, using the diagnostic socket of your Mercedes Viano, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Mercedes Viano , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to change the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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Whenever you have any further questions about the Mercedes Viano, do not hesitate to consult our Mercedes Viano category.
