Modern automobiles are equipped with an impressive range of options, and now you can even enjoy Deezer on your motor vehicle. However, some basic options are still quite functional. Indeed, being familiar with the range of your Opel Vivaro is part of the basic 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 Opel Vivaro 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 Opel Vivaro . 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 Opel Vivaro.
How does the trip odometer function on Opel Vivaro?
Let’s begin our article with how your meter works. Although it’s not required to understand how your motor vehicle works, it’s still wise and practical to know the principles. If you’re concerned about about resetting your odometer to Opel Vivaro , then this component 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 aim of this change is specifically to fight against mileage fraud , in fact, plenty of people knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to reduce or reset the mileage of a Opel Vivaro 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 Opel Vivaro, it is a sensor that can be located in different spots based on the year of your Opel Vivaro and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Opel Vivaro
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Now let’s proceed to the most important step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Opel Vivaro? Nevertheless this step is quite often easy to perform, some of you, new buyers of Opel Vivaro for example, may not be familiar with the procedure to carry out this task.
We will now look at the different approaches to reset the trip odometer to zero on Opel Vivaro:
- 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 few seconds until the odometer of your Opel Vivaro 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 configurations to reset it to zero
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If you want to reset the service counter of your Opel Vivaro, please browse our article on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Opel Vivaro odometer
Last component, which may benefit some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Opel Vivaro . 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 Opel Vivaro before you buy it, it may be interesting to know how scammers work.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Opel Vivaro:
Although they are becoming increasingly rare, mechanical odometers are the least difficult to tamper with, in fact, it was enough to simply 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 Opel Vivaro. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Opel Vivaro;
At last, the now common electronic odometers that were supposed to fight fraud effectively are no more invulnerable than the mechanical variants. Indeed, using the diagnostic socket of your Opel Vivaro, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Opel Vivaro , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to modify the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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In the event that you have any additional questions about the Opel Vivaro, do not hesitate to consult our Opel Vivaro category.
