04-15-2009, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Jesse
yeah, on the OBDII generic hand helds I remember people buying them for about $400 and were junk right out of the box. some never worked at all. You have to find out what speed you computer talks and match it up.....bla bla bla..... even generic obdII has a hand full of different speeds. My shop uses the tried and true Master Tech $3000 some odd dollars plus problably another $3000 to keep it updated. You can risk it....I guess im just blessed to have an engine performance smog shop. I scan (nice people's) cars free, it only points you in the right direction. People come back cause they dont know how to actually test sensors, or dont have the tools, specs, ect...
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Well, the unit I linked has worked fine on every car I've plugged it into so far (a '99 Trans Am, a '99 Dodge Truck, an '05 Mercedes, and my '09 Nissan). Of course the codes are just a pointer, you still have to debug the actual problem instead of just erasing the codes blindly. But you don't need a $3K tool to scan and clear codes for any car I've run into, and I think it's a valuable thing for any car geek to own a cheap unit.
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