Modern automobiles are equipped with an impressive quantity of features, and now you can even enjoy Deezer on your car. On the other hand, some simple features are still quite practical. In actual fact, being aware of the range of your Peugeot 207 is part of the simple knowledge in order not to run out of gas. Many of us often do similar thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our Peugeot 207 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 Peugeot 207 . In a first time, we will be interested in 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 Peugeot 207.

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How does the trip odometer work on Peugeot 207?

Let’s start our article with how your meter works. While it’s not required to discover how your car works, it’s still wise and practical to know the principles. If you’re thinking about about resetting your odometer to Peugeot 207 , 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 specifically to fight against mileage fraud , in actual fact, many people knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to reduce or reset the mileage of a Peugeot 207 in order 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 basic on the Peugeot 207, it is a sensor that can be positioned in different locations depending on the year of your Peugeot 207 and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.

Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Peugeot 207

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Now let’s move on to the most important step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Peugeot 207? Although this step is often easy to perform, some of you, new buyers of Peugeot 207 for example, may not be familiar with the procedure to accomplish this task.

We will now check out the different methods to reset the trip odometer to zero on Peugeot 207:

  • Hold the right button on your dashboard for several seconds until zero is shown 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 Peugeot 207 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 settings to reset it to zero

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If you want to reset the service counter of your Peugeot 207, please browse our article on this topic.

Rollback or lower the mileage of his Peugeot 207 odometer

Last part, which may benefit some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Peugeot 207 . 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. Nevertheless, if you have doubts about the mileage of a Peugeot 207 before you buy it, it might be interesting to know how fraudsters operate.

  • Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Peugeot 207:

    Even though they are becoming more and more rare, mechanical odometers are the easiest 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 make it turn upside down and raise or lower the mileage of its Peugeot 207.
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  • Reset electronic odometer to zero on Peugeot 207;

    Finally, the now basic electronic odometers that were intended to fight fraud effectively are no more invulnerable than the mechanical types. In actual fact, using the diagnostic socket of your Peugeot 207, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Peugeot 207 , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to modify the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.

If you need more guides on the Peugeot 207, go to our Peugeot 207 category.