Modern automobiles are furnished with an impressive number of features, and now you can even listen to Deezer on your car. However, some basic features are still quite useful. Obviously, knowing the range of your Tesla Model S is part of the basic knowledge in order not to run out of gas. Many of us often do similar thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our Tesla Model S to zero after filling it up to know how many kilometers we’re going to drive . In this post, we will describe how to reset the odometer on Tesla Model S . In a first time, we will be keen on 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 Tesla Model S.
How does the trip odometer work on Tesla Model S?
Let’s start our article with how your meter works. Although it’s not necessary 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 Tesla Model S , then this component will absolutely interest you.
The odometer or odometer totalizer of your car used to be mechanical, and has now been changed to electronic. The purpose of this replace is principally to fight against mileage fraud , in fact, some individuals knew how to change mechanical odometers to lower or reset the mileage of a Tesla Model S 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 Tesla Model S, it is a sensor that can be placed in different places based on the year of your Tesla Model S and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Tesla Model S
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Now let’s move on to the most necessary step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Tesla Model S? Nevertheless this step is often easy to perform, some of you, new buyers of Tesla Model S for example, may not be comfortable with the process to carry out this task.
We will now check out the different methods to reset the trip odometer to zero on Tesla Model S:
- Hold the right button on your dashboard for some 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 until the odometer of your Tesla Model S 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 Tesla Model S, please browse our article on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Tesla Model S odometer
Last component, which may interest some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Tesla Model S . Know already that this work 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 Tesla Model S before you buy it, it may be interesting to know how scammers run.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Tesla Model S:
Although they are becoming increasingly rare, mechanical odometers are the easiest to tamper with, in fact, it was enough to simply 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 Tesla Model S. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Tesla Model S;
Finally, the now basic electronic odometers that were supposed to fight fraud efficiently are no more invulnerable than the mechanical variants. Obviously, using the diagnostic socket of your Tesla Model S, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Tesla Model S , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to change the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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