Mine is an inexpensive model made by Innova Electronics Corp.
Bought it many years ago at Walmart for around $39, and it's always worked like a champ on our '98 Crown Vic.
My guess is there won't be much difference in performance. Any/all of them will probably either work ok, or not at all. All they do is report error codes stored in the vehicle's onboard computer, and allow you to clear them.
Bought it many years ago at Walmart for around $39, and it's always worked like a champ on our '98 Crown Vic.
My guess is there won't be much difference in performance. Any/all of them will probably either work ok, or not at all. All they do is report error codes stored in the vehicle's onboard computer, and allow you to clear them.
Had a false code come up on the motor home when the battery died and I was able to connect my blue tooth adapter and use the Torque App on my android phone to clear the code.
Torque Pro
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.prowl.torque&hl=en
Blue Tooth connector
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...16-20&linkId=2c1b2e78e6a1e47d780065270298e891
Torque Pro
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.prowl.torque&hl=en
Blue Tooth connector
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...16-20&linkId=2c1b2e78e6a1e47d780065270298e891
This is what I have used. It worked great.
Any more a phone is more of a computer than most any retail scanner that's listed for less than $700 and the number of pages of data with the Torque app make it a great scan tool.
Do some google research on viewing codes on your dashboard. My Nissan Sentra and the Tacoma I used to have required doing a sequence of operations like pumping the gas pedal a couple of times, turning the key or some such. Its been a couple of years, and don't remember the sequence. It uses the idiot lights in the dash to show the code. My Nissan was running rough and showing a check engine code. I tried removing the battery cable to reset the code but it always came back. When doing the google dashboard thing, it offered an option to reset it. Did it and it worked. Been gone for a couple of years.
There are methods for GM and others like mine. Google "Checking engine codes without reader"
It will open multiple video's and tutorials. Best of all, its free!
There are methods for GM and others like mine. Google "Checking engine codes without reader"
It will open multiple video's and tutorials. Best of all, its free!
I bought a really cheap code reader from Amazon. It displays and clears codes. That's all I need it to do.
O'Reilly's does it for free. Works for me, less junk to keep up with.
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