eBay code readers - any good?

motorguy

patman99 wrote: »

Some of the cheaper ones do not read error codes for ABS or air-bags.

Most of them dont. Even the MS509 doesnt. The last time i looked you had to be spending £90+ to get that sort of functiionality and a decent brand.

molerat

Why do you need a code reader for a Ford, the majority come with one fitted as standard, Google "Ford dashboard codes"

forgotmyname

Dashboard codes are useless. Shows a tiny handful of codes and sometimes it shows faults when there are none.

Richard53

molerat wrote: »

Why do you need a code reader for a Ford, the majority come with one fitted as standard, Google "Ford dashboard codes"

I didn't know that. Will look into it, thanks.

Liliflower

Apart from read/clear DTCs on the dashboard, some of these Bluetooth are are to do/view some parameter settings, like disable tpms, disable drls etc, if only you loaded the correct soft app

Stoke

The ELM327 is very good with Android imo

forgotmyname

OLD THREAD ALERT!! 2013 again???

scotsbob

forgotmyname wrote: »

OLD THREAD ALERT!! 2013 again???

If the information is relevant then why does it matter when it was posted?

forgotmyname

because this thread was dragged up by a potential spammer. 2 ancient threads opened on OBD software.. Keep watching..

AdrianC

If this thread does pop up in a search, it's worth remembering that OBD is _only_ a fairly limited subset of engine codes, mostly emission-related. It isn't exhaustive, and doesn't even start to cover climate/transmission/body control/ABS/airbags etc etc etc. For those, a manufacturer-specific reader very much is needed.