Modern automobiles are equipped with an impressive quantity of features, and now you can even listen to Deezer on your car. However, some basic features are still quite handy. In fact, knowing the range of your Volvo XC60 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 Volvo XC60 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 Volvo XC60 . 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 reduce the mileage of its Volvo XC60.
How does the trip odometer work on Volvo XC60?
Let’s start our content page with how your meter works. While it’s not required to understand how your car works, it’s still wise and practical to know the fundamentals. If you’re wondering about resetting your odometer to Volvo XC60 , then this part will surely benefit you.
The odometer or odometer totalizer of your car used to be mechanical, and has now been changed to electronic. The purpose of this change is specifically to fight against mileage fraud , obviously, plenty of people knew how to manipulate mechanical odometers to reduce or reset the mileage of a Volvo XC60 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 common on the Volvo XC60, it is a sensor that can be placed in different locations based on the year of your Volvo XC60 and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.
Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Volvo XC60
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Now let’s proceed to the most important step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Volvo XC60? Although this step is often easy to conduct, some of you, new buyers of Volvo XC60 for example, may not be knowledgeable with the process to carry out this process.
We will now check out the different methods to reset the trip odometer to zero on Volvo XC60:
- 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 until the odometer of your Volvo XC60 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 options to reset it to zero
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If you want to reset the service counter of your Volvo XC60, please read our content page on this topic.
Rollback or lower the mileage of his Volvo XC60 odometer
Last part, which may benefit some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Volvo XC60 . Know already that this work is totally not allowed by the law , and that if you conduct this work, you risk up to 2 years in prison and 300, 000 euros fine. However, if you have doubts about the mileage of a Volvo XC60 before you buy it, it might be interesting to know how fraudsters run.
- Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Volvo XC60:
Although they are becoming more and more rare, mechanical odometers are the easiest to tamper with, in fact, it was enough to simply find 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 Volvo XC60. - Reset electronic odometer to zero on Volvo XC60;
At last, the now common electronic odometers that were expected to fight fraud efficiently are no more invulnerable than the mechanical types. In fact, using the diagnostic socket of your Volvo XC60, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Volvo XC60 , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to modify the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.
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