Modern vehicles are equipped with a notable range of features, and now you can even play Deezer on your car. On the other hand, some basic features are still quite practical. Obviously, being familiar with the range of your Toyota Highlander 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 Toyota Highlander to zero after filling it up to know how many kilometers we’re going to drive . In this post, we will explain how to reset the odometer on Toyota Highlander . 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 reduce the mileage of its Toyota Highlander.
How does the trip odometer function on Toyota Highlander?
Let’s start our content with how your meter functions. Although it’s not necessary to figure out how your car works, it’s still wise and practical to know the fundamentals. If you’re concerned about about resetting your odometer to Toyota Highlander , then this component will absolutely benefit you.
The odometer or odometer totalizer of your car employed to be mechanical, and has now been changed to electronic. The purpose of this change is mainly to fight against mileage fraud , in truth, some individuals knew how to change mechanical odometers to reduce or reset the mileage of a Toyota Highlander 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 Toyota Highlander, it is a sensor that can be positioned in different locations based on the year of your Toyota Highlander and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Toyota Highlander
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Now let’s proceed to the most essential step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Toyota Highlander? Although this step is quite often easy to perform, some of you, new buyers of Toyota Highlander for example, may not be familiar with the procedure to execute this process.
We will now check out the different techniques to reset the trip odometer to zero on Toyota Highlander:
- Hold the right button on your dashboard for several 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 couple of seconds until the odometer of your Toyota Highlander is reset to zero.
- Finally, on some of the newer models, you may need to proceed 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 Toyota Highlander, please go through our content on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Toyota Highlander odometer
Last component, which may benefit some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Toyota Highlander . Know already that this action is totally not allowed by the law , and that if you perform this action, you risk up to 2 years in prison and 300, 000 euros fine. Nevertheless, if you have doubts about the mileage of a Toyota Highlander before you buy it, it may be interesting to know how scammers operate.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Toyota Highlander:
Even though they are becoming progressively rare, mechanical odometers are the easiest to tamper with, in fact, it was enough to just 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 Toyota Highlander. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Toyota Highlander;
Finally, the now common electronic odometers that were intended to fight fraud effectively are no more invulnerable than the mechanical variants. Obviously, using the diagnostic socket of your Toyota Highlander, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Toyota Highlander , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to modify the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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To get more tips on the Toyota Highlander, take a look at the Toyota Highlander category.
