Modern automobiles are built with a notable range of features, and now you can even play Deezer on your motor vehicle. Nevertheless, some simple features are still quite practical. In actual fact, being familiar with the range of your Skoda Kamiq is part of the simple knowledge in order not to run out of gas. Many of us tend to do similar thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our Skoda Kamiq 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 Skoda Kamiq . 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 decrease the mileage of its Skoda Kamiq.

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How does the trip odometer work on Skoda Kamiq?

Let’s start our article with how your meter works. While it’s not necessary to figure out how your motor vehicle works, it’s still wise and practical to know the fundamentals. If you’re questioning about resetting your odometer to Skoda Kamiq , then this part will surely benefit you.

The odometer or odometer totalizer of your motor vehicle utilized to be mechanical, and has now been changed to electronic. The goal 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 Skoda Kamiq 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 general on the Skoda Kamiq, it is a sensor that can be located in different spots depending on the year of your Skoda Kamiq and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.

Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Skoda Kamiq

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Now let’s proceed to the most important step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Skoda Kamiq? Although this step is often easy to accomplish, some of you, new buyers of Skoda Kamiq for example, may not be comfortable with the procedure to accomplish this task.

We will now look at the different techniques to reset the trip odometer to zero on Skoda Kamiq:

  • 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 till the odometer of your Skoda Kamiq 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 Skoda Kamiq, please read our article on this topic.

Rollback or lower the mileage of his Skoda Kamiq odometer

Last part, which may benefit some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Skoda Kamiq . Know already that this work is totally forbidden by the law , and that if you accomplish 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 Skoda Kamiq before you buy it, it might be interesting to know how scammers operate.

  • Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Skoda Kamiq:

    Although they are becoming more and more rare, mechanical odometers are the least difficult to tamper with, in reality, it was enough to just find 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 Skoda Kamiq.
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  • Reset electronic odometer to zero on Skoda Kamiq;

    Finally, the now general electronic odometers that were expected to fight fraud efficiently are no more invulnerable than the mechanical types. In actual fact, using the diagnostic socket of your Skoda Kamiq, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Skoda Kamiq , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to change the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.

If you want more tutorials on the Skoda Kamiq, go to our Skoda Kamiq category.