Does editing the vehicle’s reading change past fuel efficiency?

No. Past figures are worked out from the readings on the entries themselves. Edit the entry to change them.

A reminder went Over Due after I corrected the reading. Is that right?

If the corrected reading is past the reminder’s km figure, yes. Do the service and build it from the reminder, or edit the reminder’s Next Due if the service was already done.

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Update the odometer reading

You will have the vehicle’s Current Odometer Reading matching the dashboard in the cab, so km-based service reminders, distance driven and fuel cost per km are right.

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The Current Odometer Reading on a vehicle is fed by the entries you make day to day: the Start Reading and End Reading on a booking, the Odometer Reading on a fuel entry and the Odometer Reading on a service. You rarely need to type it on the vehicle itself. Do so when a vehicle is new, when the meter was replaced, or when a bad entry has pushed the figure out of line.

Before You Start

The reading from the vehicle’s dashboard, taken today.
A look at the vehicle’s Fuel Tracking and Bookings tabs to find the entry that caused the gap, if you are correcting one.

Steps

Open Vehicles, click the vehicle number and read the Current Odometer Reading in the profile header.
Compare it with the reading in the cab. A small gap is normal between entries; a large gap means a mistyped reading somewhere.
If an entry is wrong, fix it at the source: open the booking and correct Start Reading or End Reading, or open the fuel entry or service and correct its Odometer Reading. Fixing the source also fixes Distance Driven and fuel efficiency for that entry.
If the meter itself was replaced or the vehicle is new, click Edit on the vehicle.
Enter the new value in Current Odometer Reading and click Save.
Open Vehicles › Vehicle Maintenance › Maintenance Reminders and check the Next Due of km-based reminders for this vehicle. A reminder set at a km figure the vehicle has now passed shows as Over Due.

Where readings are entered

Screen	Field	What it updates
Bookings form › Vehicle Info	Start Reading, End Reading	Distance (kms) on the booking; the vehicle’s current reading
Vehicles › Fuel Tracking	Odometer Reading	Distance Driven, Avg Fuel Efficiency, Fuel Cost per km; the vehicle’s current reading
Vehicle Maintenance › Add	Odometer Reading	The service record; the base for the next km-based reminder
Vehicles › Edit	Current Odometer Reading	The header value directly

What This Changes

The Current Odometer Reading in the profile header and on the list export.
Km-based Maintenance Reminders compare their Next Due with the current reading, so a correction can move a reminder in or out of Over Due.
Correcting a fuel entry’s reading changes Distance Driven, Avg Fuel Efficiency and Fuel Cost per km for that fill and the next, and may move the vehicle between efficiency buckets on the dashboard.
Correcting a booking’s readings changes its Distance (kms) and anything priced per km.

Tips

Ask drivers to read the meter at every fuel stop; the fuel entry is the most frequent and most reliable source.
When a meter is replaced, enter the new reading on the vehicle the same day and note the old reading in Notes, so service intervals can still be worked out.
The Vehicle Travel Log report lists readings in date order; a jump backwards points to the entry to fix.

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Need Help?

Chat with the NShine ERP support team on WhatsApp at +91 79950 87755, or ask from inside the app. Last checked 9 November 2026 against app.nshineerp.com.