OBD2 Scanners

[solitaire]

Hi folks,

Anyone got a cheap odb2 scanner off dinodirect or something? Would like to buy a cheap one but keen to hear if anyone has bought one and if they worked ok?

Yes, totally aware you get what you pay for

[Crucible]

As a referance on fairly decent brands Launch, Autel, Hannahtech, Bosch and Snap-on are the most common scanners used in the trade to my knowledge, well in NZ anyway.

I have seen the cheaper Launch and Autel code readers on trademe. I know the software coverage on the Industry models are fairly decent so cant be too bad on the cheaper models? Would rather go with the above brands anyhow than some of the other brands out there.

[Grrrrrrr!]

What do you want to actually do with this scanner? If its just reset codes then the $30 one i got off DX worked for the Honda. Also looks like i can capture data (once i buy/hack the software) at a fairly low rate. Probably next to useless for diagnosng anything remotely intermittant or non obvious, but if its just seeing basic sensor data and reseting codes then the cheapies are probably fine.

[solitaire]

Well first off is to read the error code on the rav, but i'd like something that can read most error codes going forwards, not really interested in real time diagnostics as I am assuming that capability drives the price up.

Aware i can pull the codes manually with the flashing thing if i really need to.

[4agepwr]

Probably better to do it manually, some of those scanners will not communicate with all vehicles.

[solitaire]

Thread Resurrection!

I might be going crazy but I have been unable to manually check the codes on the rav. It's only got an obd2 port, not the diagnostic port with te1 and e1 that i am used to.

I also need to read the abs codes.

So if anyone has a recomendation on a scan tool that will work on toyota for engine and abs codes please sing out

[edwagon]

I went down a similar road a couple of years ago and ended up spending ~$5-600 on a PC based scan tool, which is a bit cumbersome but for the occcasional use it gets from me is perfect, and I have yet to find a car that it won;t scan up.

I found that the cheapies only seem to read the standard set of emissions codes (if you get lucky), and definitely not the ABS ones.

Toyota is especially prickly with the cheap units - I never had success with a cheap scanner on a Toyota

[solitaire]

I went down a similar road a couple of years ago and ended up spending ~$5-600 on a PC based scan tool, which is a bit cumbersome but for the occcasional use it gets from me is perfect, and I have yet to find a car that it won;t scan up.

I found that the cheapies only seem to read the standard set of emissions codes (if you get lucky), and definitely not the ABS ones.

Toyota is especially prickly with the cheap units - I never had success with a cheap scanner on a Toyota

Ah, good advice,

What was the name of the tool please?

[edwagon]

It was from StahlCar but I the tool I have isn't listed on their site any more - the new stuff actually looks a lot better!

Mine has a UI that looks a bit like the Autel MaxiDas system

[Jdawg]

Supercheap are now doing a scan service. At least you will know if the tool they use it does your car or not so you know if to get one.

[gasman]

i bought a bluetooth scanner dongle from some chinese website for 8 bucks recently. Comes with some generic software, but i just downloaded torque app for my phone and it can read/clear codes, real time logging etc.

well worth a try as long as your not trying to do anything fancy.

http://www.banggood.com/ELM327-V1_5-Blu ... 75121.html