Help Needed With a Nissan Almera Tino-OBDI OR OBDII

grangers72

Hi There

I am looking to purchase a code reader to use on my Nissan Almera Tino. It is petrol, 2000 registration.

Does anyone know if it is on a OBDI or OBDII (or even another protocol). I can't find my user manual and can't find anything on line.

Thanks in advance for your help.

grangers72

Self bump, sorry, I'm struggling here

beanys

Ebay sell them
along with Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=car+code+readers&!!!!!googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=9560973228&ref=pd_sl_20csky7pmx_b

Mine cost £50 , i tried the £25 but its limited in what it shows

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Autel-MS509-Diagnostic-Reader-Scanner/dp/B004WN88UU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1305320737&sr=8-5
that one should work on your car, as it states
Works on all 1996 and later OBD2 compliant US, European and Asian vehicles Easily determines the cause of the "Check Engine Light ( MIL)"


hope this helps out

goosander

OBD II only became mandatory on petrol cars in the UK in 2001 but some models were fitted earlier as other countries mandated it earlier (1997 in USA).

If it has a connector like this it will be OBD II:

http://www.obdii.com/connector.html

I used to have a 1999 almera which wasn't OBD II but reading codes was easy because you shorted a couple of pins on the diagnostic connector and engine warning light would flash a series of long and short flashes for each code.

Note: OBD I isn't a protocol or standard, rather its a generic term meaning 'has some sort of on-board diagnostics' so there is no standard way of accessing OBD I systems and hence no generic OBD I code readers.

grangers72

Thanks for both your answers. I have found my user manual but there is nothing in there about OBDII. I have found the 16 pin connector just under my steering wheel, holes all the holes apperar of metal pins in barr 2,3,7,11,12 & 15.

Going to buy one of the Ebay readers and try my luck.

Thanks again

jase1

I believe this car is the same as the Primera from the same year. It's OBD2, but there is a trick you can utilise with a paper clip to read the codes without a reader.

Switch the ignition on, short out the CHK and IGN pins, and the check engine light will flash the four digits of the error code (10 flashes for zero).

These two pins should be the leftmost and rightmost pins on the bottom row.

Look here for further details:

http://www.ilexa.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=9161.0