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How to reset the odometer on Volkswagen Golf 8

Posted by victoriamgclub | Mar 23, 2022 | Volkswagen Golf 8 | 0 |

Modern automobiles are built with a notable range of features, and now you can even enjoy Deezer on your car. However, some basic features are still quite handy. Obviously, being aware of the range of your Volkswagen Golf 8 is part of the basic knowledge in order not to run out of gas. Most of us often do the same thing, wanting to reset the odometer of our Volkswagen Golf 8 to zero after filling it up to know how many kilometers we’re going to drive . In this article, we will explain how to reset the odometer on Volkswagen Golf 8 . In a first time, we will be interested in 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 Volkswagen Golf 8.

How does the trip odometer work on Volkswagen Golf 8?

Let’s begin our content page with how your meter works. Although it’s not required to understand how your car works, it’s still wise and practical to know the principles. If you’re thinking about about resetting your odometer to Volkswagen Golf 8 , then this component will absolutely interest you. The odometer or odometer totalizer of your car employed to be mechanical, and has now been changed to electronic. The aim of this replace is mainly to fight against mileage fraud , obviously, some of us knew how to change mechanical odometers to lower or reset the mileage of a Volkswagen Golf 8 in order to sell it for more than its real value. In the mechanical version, it works 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 general on the Volkswagen Golf 8, it is a sensor that can be located in different locations based on the year of your Volkswagen Golf 8 and that transmits the mileage data to the onboard computer.

Reset the daily mileage counter to zero on Volkswagen Golf 8

. Now let’s proceed to the most necessary step, how to reset the daily odometer of your Volkswagen Golf 8? Although this step is quite often easy to carry out, some of you, new buyers of Volkswagen Golf 8 for example, may not be comfortable with the process to conduct this task. We will now look at the different techniques to reset the trip odometer to zero on Volkswagen Golf 8:

• 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 couple of seconds till the odometer of your Volkswagen Golf 8 is reset to zero.
• Finally, on some of the newer models, you may need to search your car’s centre console and display, going through your car’s settings to reset it to zero

. If you want to reset the service counter of your Volkswagen Golf 8 , please go through our content page on this topic.

Rollback or lower the mileage of his Volkswagen Golf 8 odometer

Last component, which may interest some of you, how to lower the mileage of his Volkswagen Golf 8 . Know already that this action is totally not allowed by the law , and that if you carry out 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 Volkswagen Golf 8 before you buy it, it may be interesting to know how fraudsters operate.

• Resetting a mechanical odometer to zero on Volkswagen Golf 8: Although they are becoming progressively rare, mechanical odometers are the least difficult to tamper with, in reality, it was enough to just locate the cable of the meter, disconnect it, and plug a drill on it to produce it turn upside down and raise or lower the mileage of its Volkswagen Golf 8.
• Reset electronic odometer to zero on Volkswagen Golf 8; Finally, the now general electronic odometers that were supposed to fight fraud efficiently are no more invulnerable than the mechanical versions. Obviously, using the diagnostic socket of your Volkswagen Golf 8, it is possible to reset the odometer of your Volkswagen Golf 8 , with the help of a computer and software it is possible to modify the mileage data displayed on your dashboard.

Whenever you have any further questions about the Volkswagen Golf 8, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Golf 8 category.

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If you have it in sport or manual it tells you what gear you are in, otherwise no clue.    I have the drive data as a tile on one of my screens so a quick press of that and then the 0.0 button resets the odo. since refuel is automatically reset after a refuel. 

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At be there’s a better or shorter way but the only way I’ve found that resets it is rather convuluted compared to a mk7/7.5. It’s setting the driving data From Start.     In the infotainment

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You can reset long term yourself iirc so it could be used as a trip meter in that sense, but on the mk7 and earlier there was an independent button for counting trip miles which didn’t change the long

I’m not sure if that is the same as the old trip reset but guess will find out.     

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21 minutes ago, AHG said: What does “long term” do ? Is that like the “2” counter in the older cars (“1” being from last cold start) ?

yes i think so.... I believe it does self reset eventually, i am sure the 7.5 did after a few thousand miles

I think the long term in the 7.5 resets after 10,000 miles?  

14 minutes ago, AHG said: If it’s like the 2, then it may be resettable as well. And that can be used as the TripMeter, as was discussed. If you go to the long term screen, can you reset it ?

You can reset long term yourself iirc so it could be used as a trip meter in that sense, but on the mk7 and earlier there was an independent button for counting trip miles which didn’t change the long term.  I always like to keep long term data as is until it tests itself as per Martin’s post above, it’s useful for long term mileage data.  

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Sounds like you're getting a voltage drop. From the buying guide: The instrument cluster on Passat often burn out and need to be replaced. Be wary of a Passat with low mileage because it may have a replacement instrument cluster which will not reflect the true mileage. If you take off some of the instrument panel trim, there's red paint on the original screws holding the instrument cluster. If the paint is disturbed the cluster may not be original. The problem comes from cranking the engine with low battery. The voltage drop from using the starter discharges the memory in the dashboard, extended starting can cause permanent damage. If you drain the battery down, do not try to start it without fully charging the battery! If you play with the ignition key, hear a buzzing sound from the dashboard, and the trip meter resets to zero, this means that you are in the danger zone. If you have a low battery, STOP and get it fully charged. Also check for starter sticking and connections on starter. I don't know of any list of grounds but you just have to follow the wiring. I believe some tricky areas are under the air intake box and that clip above starter. Mine had some rubbed wires that needed repair so inspect those too. Also see starter FAQ article and search youtube for voltage drop battery test.  

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Wow! Great video, thank you for posting it and thank you to whoever made it.  

This video and instructions on starter motors is in FAQ as Chitty says Starter removal and replacement on mk5 2005 2006, 2009, 2010 VW Jetta, Golf, TDI and 2010 Audi A3 TDI I posted it along time ago.  

Thanks for all the replies! So far I have cleaned all the ground locations I could find, rechecked clean & tight on the battery & starter connections. Charged my new battery over night on 2 amps. No issues have showed up yet, but I am paying very close attention now monitoring the cluster during startup. If the problem shows up again I am gonna go through and ohm check all the connections grounds and determine the load during cranking, especially after a glow cycle. I'll keep ya posted on my findings... Thanks again & Happy New year to All  

Great video! The wife has been recently complaining of this problem and I need to address it. I thought it might be battery or ignition switch related but this looks very promising. Humm, I did replace the starter a few months back too. Love how it shows him narrowing it down.  

I had this same problem in my VW Jetta 2006 TDI> It turns out, I believe after I had a wiring harness replaced, a few of the fuses didn't match up with the new harness. Anyway, I found that if I put a 5 amp fuse in Fuse Slot 6 under the hood, it provided the memory power for the clock and odometer. Hope this helps someone.  

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I've had my '02 Golf GLS TDI for 6 months and have only been able to check my fuel economy once because my clock and trip odometer keep resetting back to 12:00 and O...grrr. Took it to the dealership and they couldn't get it to replicate the problem so shined me on. The car only had 2200 miles on it and now has 5400...Any ideas? Do you think I should push for them to put in a new computer? There seems to be no rhyme or reason to the reset although one time it blanked out when the fuel light and beep came on. Frustrated, freedom 3  

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Check for loose battery cable connections. Check ground point under the battery for clean and tight. It's a low voltage situation (e.g. disconnected battery) that usually causes the reset.  

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I had this problem too, but it was sporatic (3X a year maybe). Took it to the dealer, they said I needed a new instrument cluster. Okay. Well, 2 weeks later the brake light comes on and stays on. Back to the dealer. They said I needed another cluster. Okay, but now I'm starting to worry about the future when these repairs will be on my nickel. A year and three clusters later (including the original) seem to be a charm. Hopefully your mileage will vary. Good luck.  

Tomorrow I take my '02 TDI Golf back for the fourth time to see if they can figure out what is going on with my cluster panel. As I described to you in an earlier e-mail of about 6 months ago, the time goes to 12:00 and tripometer goes to zero. I've owned for car for 6 months and have only had one tank full with the panel not failing so I could check my mileage not to mention the nusance of having to repeatedly re-set my clock. The dealer is jacking me around...I'm a lady. It's still under warranty but "they" say unless they can get it to duplicate while in the shop or it actually fails, I am out of luck...what would you advise? Sometimes I get a series of beeps before it resets and other times it just re-sets either while driving or after I have turned off the ignition done an errand and then restart??? Discouraged freedom 3  

If you haven't called VWOA and opened a 'trouble ticket' (or whatever it's called) you should do so now. It also would not hurt to check for coolant migration. There is a connector to the coolant overflow tank that measures the coolant level. The tank can develop a leak and the coolant can migrate up the wire harness into the interior to the cluster and other electronic parts, ruining the wire harness.  

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[ QUOTE ] weedeater said: If you haven't called VWOA and opened a 'trouble ticket' (or whatever it's called) you should do so now. It also would not hurt to check for coolant migration. There is a connector to the coolant overflow tank that measures the coolant level. The tank can develop a leak and the coolant can migrate up the wire harness into the interior to the cluster and other electronic parts, ruining the wire harness. [/ QUOTE ] __. Yes, you do this by opening the hood. You'll see a large pink-colored ball which is sited right in front of where the passenger sits. You'll see a cap on the top of it and a black plastic connector on the side with wires coming out of it. If you look at that connector, you'll see how the clip holds it on. If you squeeze the little flange on the clip, you'll see the clip disengage -- then wiggle the connector loose. It will be tight at first but it will wiggle off. Look inside once the connector is off - it should be dry. If there's ANY pink colored fluid inside that connector or on the wires, report this to VW and your dealer.  

2 Points: I've had cooland migration, its a PITA. Didn't affect my clock, but it did break everyting else, so breaking the clock seemes very feasable... I've also sevierely drained the battery. It was low enough that the doors couldn't even lock / unlock. The clock's time was wrong, but it had not reset. The light on the driver's door was blinking about 2x as fast as it normally does... the battery was low .  

Do you have the phone # for VWOA so I can ask for the "Trouble Ticket? They've worked on the car for 6 hours and could find nothing...no leakage from coolant...so they said until it "fails" there is nothing I can do but just keep calling them everytime it happens which is at least once per tank full...anyone reading this post who has suggestions as what to tell VW...HELP!!!!!! The good news is I only have 6500 miles and the warranty is good until 1/06 or 50K miles and I travel very little so hopefully have some time on my side it's just a pain in the bottom of my heated seat!!! freedom3  

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Coolant Migration is a serious problem........ My 2002 Jetta is going in to have a complete wiring harness replacement next week. /images/graemlins/frown.gif  

I used a dremmel tool on my old '00 NB and the '02 Jetta and drilled a drain hole though the bottom side of the connector at the coolant bottle, so if the seal starts leaking I will see coolant dripping and maybe it won't wick up to the connector harness. But I'm with MOGolf on this one, sounds like improper ground to me. The bad ground doesn't always have to be near the battery or the cluster. Some cars have these all over the body of the car. Remember your fuel tank has a ground strap(s) also.  

Mine did that too- made weird electronic 'tones,' and then the clock and trip reset to 12 and 0. The dealer I went to found the cluster defective using their diagnostic tools (what they were, I don't know). But, like I said, the replacement didn't last two weeks. So far, so good.  

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Why does the Trip/mile odometer reset it self to 0 every 1999.9miles? /images/graemlins/shocked.gif  

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