What OBDII Scanner Should I Get?

Cees Klumper · Post by **Cees Klumper** » 02 Sep 2015, 07:58

According to the manufacturer it should be able to clear all those codes. In my experience, which fortunately has been limited to just a few codes, it did clear each one of those.

jenkinskg · Post by **jenkinskg** » 26 Apr 2016, 10:34

looking at more than vida can do

anyone else interested?

http://www.goobd2.com/wholesale/premium ... tware.html

jenkinskg · Post by **jenkinskg** » 26 Apr 2016, 10:35

wondering if vida hardware will work with this

http://www.goobd2.com/wholesale/latest- ... eygen.html

Urasar · Post by **Urasar** » 04 Sep 2018, 09:07

My 'limited' experience.

The boss at work was running an ELM 327 bluetooth, which paired fine using the Torque app on his android tablet. We blew it up when we plugged it into a 24v truck.

I purchased the ElM 327 wifi device to pair with my iPhone. I could never get it to pair to my iPhone, iPad, or my bosses tablet which had worked with his bluetooth device. It never worked with 2 toyotas (2000, 2003) or old chooks honda (2006) ... life goes on it was like $15 off ebay.

I decided to go the whole hog, and get an Autel AL539 scanner https://10carbest.com/best-obd2-scanner ($200), seemed like good insurance for buying a newish second hand car, could check the VIN and so on on the scan gauge. Short and sweet, it would work with some vehicles not others. Contacted the seller off ebay, who said update the software, ended up with an expensive brick... Don't buy anything off obd_automotive on ebay. They are a Hong Kong company who say they are Australian, with an Australian warranty, which is all rubbish. Difficult to deal with!! Spoke to the techy at Autel Australia, that's what he told me. He said to raise a paypal claim. I got refunded (by paypal), but a lot of hassle and didn't achieve anything, particularly given that by the time paypal sorted it I had brought the car...

Like I said, my limited experience, but a bad run none the less.

Post by **matthew1** » 04 Sep 2018, 13:56

Yikes. Sounds like a mess. Thanks for sharing the warning. And welcome to MVS.

Post by **abscate** » 04 Mar 2019, 05:43

You can get your codes read for free at most auto parts chain stores

Get the complete list of codes , in format Pxxxx where x are numbers.

Then have them clear them

Start a new thread and post them here for help

Post by **amblerman** » 04 Mar 2019, 13:00

steenp wrote: 04 Mar 2019, 02:22 Hey OBD2 guys,
Is there any scanner under 30 bucks? I am looking to buy a cheap code reader that can scan basic car problems.

For just reading and resetting codes, I have been happy with this one.
https://www.amazon.com/Innova-3020-Diag ... 7513402011

However. it's slightly more than your budget. It is a basic reader and cannot read live data. I have successfully used this on my 99 volvo as well as on several newer models across several brands. I can't speak to how it would do on any car older than 99.

As others have said, places like Advanced Auto parts will read the codes for free. If you just need it done once, that would be the way to go.

eightfifty2x0 · Post by **eightfifty2x0** » 15 Jul 2020, 05:54

Alright, i got a question. How often does one need to read the codes? Is it worth it to pay some 200€ for an OBD2 reader? Because, it all comes down to long term costs of using it. If used rarely, then, i guess, a mechanic is the best choice. But if i need it once or twice in a year, then i have to invest that amount of money into it.

Post by **abscate** » 15 Jul 2020, 14:42

For a 1996 a basic 25 EURO reader will be fine

eightfifty2x0 · Post by **eightfifty2x0** » 15 Jul 2020, 15:15

abscate wrote: 15 Jul 2020, 14:42 For a 1996 a basic 25 EURO reader will be fine

so get any OBD2 reader i find anywhere?