Modern automobiles are equipped with an impressive quantity of features, and now you can even enjoy Deezer on your motor vehicle. Nevertheless, some basic features are still quite functional. In truth, being familiar with the range of your Renault Koleos is part of the basic knowledge in order not to run out of gas. A lot of us often do similar thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our Renault Koleos 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 Renault Koleos . In a first time, we will be keen on 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 decrease the mileage of its Renault Koleos.
How does the trip odometer work on Renault Koleos?
Let’s start our article with how your meter functions. While it’s not necessary to discover how your motor vehicle works, it’s still wise and practical to know the fundamentals. If you’re questioning about resetting your odometer to Renault Koleos , then this component will definitely interest you.
The odometer or odometer totalizer of your motor vehicle used to be mechanical, and has now been changed to electronic. The intent of this replace 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 Renault Koleos to be able 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 common on the Renault Koleos, it is a sensor that can be located in different places depending on the year of your Renault Koleos and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Renault Koleos
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Now let’s move on to the most essential step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Renault Koleos? Although this step is generally easy to carry out, some of you, new buyers of Renault Koleos for example, may not be familiar with the process to conduct this task.
We will now look at the different ways to reset the trip odometer to zero on Renault Koleos:
- 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 few seconds till the odometer of your Renault Koleos 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 options to reset it to zero
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If you want to reset the service counter of your Renault Koleos, please go through our article on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Renault Koleos odometer
Last component, which may interest some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Renault Koleos . Know already that this action is totally forbidden by the law , and that if you carry out 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 Renault Koleos before you buy it, it may be interesting to know how scammers run.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Renault Koleos:
Although they are becoming increasingly rare, mechanical odometers are the easiest to tamper with, in fact, it was enough to just locate 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 Renault Koleos. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Renault Koleos;
At last, the now common electronic odometers that were expected to fight fraud efficiently are no more invulnerable than the mechanical versions. In truth, using the diagnostic socket of your Renault Koleos, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Renault Koleos , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to modify the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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