Modern automobiles are built with an impressive number of features, and now you can even play Deezer on your motor vehicle. On the other hand, some basic features are still quite useful. Indeed, being aware of the range of your Volkswagen Polo 3 is part of the basic knowledge in order not to run out of gas. Most of us often do similar thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our Volkswagen Polo 3 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 Volkswagen Polo 3 . In a first time, we will be interested in 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 Volkswagen Polo 3.
How does the trip odometer work on Volkswagen Polo 3?
Let’s begin our article with how your meter functions. Although it’s not necessary to discover how your motor vehicle works, it’s still wise and practical to know the principles. If you’re thinking about about resetting your odometer to Volkswagen Polo 3 , then this part will absolutely benefit 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 change is specifically to fight against mileage fraud , obviously, many people knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to reduce or reset the mileage of a Volkswagen Polo 3 to be able to sell it for more than its real value.
In the mechanical version, it functions with a system of drums linked to a cable that is driven by the gearbox output shaft or the differential . Finally for the electronic version, the most common on the Volkswagen Polo 3, it is a sensor that can be positioned in different spots depending on the year of your Volkswagen Polo 3 and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Volkswagen Polo 3
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Now let’s move on to the most essential step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Volkswagen Polo 3? Nevertheless this step is quite often easy to execute, some of you, new buyers of Volkswagen Polo 3 for example, may not be comfortable with the process to accomplish this task.
We will now look at the different approaches to reset the trip odometer to zero on Volkswagen Polo 3:
- Hold the right button on your dashboard for some seconds until zero is displayed 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 Volkswagen Polo 3 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 configurations to reset it to zero
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If you want to reset the service counter of your Volkswagen Polo 3, please read our article on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Volkswagen Polo 3 odometer
Last part, which may benefit some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Volkswagen Polo 3 . Know already that this act is totally not allowed by the law , and that if you execute 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 Volkswagen Polo 3 before you buy it, it might be interesting to know how fraudsters work.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Volkswagen Polo 3:
Nevertheless they are becoming progressively rare, mechanical odometers are the easiest to tamper with, in reality, 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 Volkswagen Polo 3. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Volkswagen Polo 3;
Finally, the now common electronic odometers that were supposed to fight fraud effectively are no more invulnerable than the mechanical types. Indeed, using the diagnostic socket of your Volkswagen Polo 3, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Volkswagen Polo 3 , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to modify the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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