You have performed annual maintenance of your Ford Fiesta and you would like reset the maintenance counter. But this can be useful if you want know when to perform the future oil change. However, you don't know how to do ? This is the reason why in this tutorial we will first explain to you by what means reset the counter of your Ford Fiesta after each oil change. Then we will tell you the distinction between an odometer and a trip meter. And finally if you wish, we will list the bespoke to reset the counter on Ford Fiesta.

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The method to reset the trip odometer on Ford Fiesta:

  1. Start the procedure by contacting your vehicle and without starting the engine. In other words, you should not do more than a quarter turn with the key.
  2. Find it button the maintenance counter which is located at the bottom right of the screen which displays the number of kilometers.
  3. Press this button, you should see a count of 10 appear in the display.
  4. Hold press the button for the countdown time.
  5. After that remove the key of the contact and replace it so to start the engine.
  6. If all went well the daily counter should be reset to zero.

If the drain indicator light remains on, perform the following procedure:

  1. Switch on of your Ford Fiesta and without starting the engine as before.
  2. Push in as much as possible the accelerator.
  3. Then press 3 times the brake.
  4. Remove the ignition.
  5. Re-insert the contact in order to restart your vehicle.
  6. Generally the LED should turn off at the same time as the others.

The distinction between an odometer and an odometer on Ford Fiesta:

It is important not to mix the odometer and daily counter. The purpose of your vehicle's odometer to memorize the number of kilometers made by car since its construction.

Conversely the daily counter or also called maintenance counter, you just know when to do your future drain. Or know the range of your vehicle in case the fuel gauge turns out to be faulty.

Therefore the odometer is the reverse of the maintenance meter is not meant to be reset. Be aware that in case you are trying to change the odometer number for the sale of your vehicle, it would be a fraud and you risk a big fine up to 37 500 €. Therefore we strongly recommend that you do not perform this type of manipulation.

Why reset the maintenance counter on Ford Fiesta?

Some Ford Fiestas are equipped with a light maintenance which will remind you to carry out the oil change. Which is enough Useful because it happens very quickly to forget to do it and in the long term it can damage your vehicle prematurely in the event that maintenance is not carried out frequently. However this indicator light comes on when you have covered a certain number of kilometers because in general it is advisable to maintain your vehicle every 15 to 20 kilometers. Therefore if after maintenance, the counter is not reset, you will constantly have the indicator light activated on your console. But it can be a little embarrassing, and especially it won't remind you the future oil change to be carried out. Therefore it is a bit of a shame because it is quite useful. If you would like more details regarding the draining of your Ford Fiesta, you can consult the following article: price of an oil change for Ford Fiesta

Another advantage to resetting the odometer of your Ford Fiesta is when you have a gauge problem. Indeed when you can not know the quantity of gasoline that there is in the tank of your vehicle, it is useful to be able to reposition the counter to zero. Since it is possible to calculate the average range of your Ford Fiesta depending on the number of kilometers traveled, resetting the odometer is useful. So in case you have problems with the gauge on your Ford Fiesta you can browse the following article: Ford Fiesta gauge does not go up.

This action can also be useful when you want to rent your vehicle between individuals in order to check the number of kilometers traveled by the rental company.

Finally : resetting the counter to zero on your Ford Fiesta can be useful for respect the maintenance of your Ford Fiesta or also to overcome a gauge problem. Therefore we advise you to perform this procedure as soon as you need it, it will avoid circumstances where you try to remember the initial number of the counter and make calculations.

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