Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting Palm OBD II Code Readers

Ok, Let's have the skinny on all of those OBD II code readers/ monitors that are for sale on the net that will help us with the "CEL" issues that crop up so often.
Hopefully, we can determine the best units for the best price and then do a group buy or atleast know that they work well.

John

wow... I did quite a bit of research on them about a year and a half ago.

What I found out is that GM, Ford, Chrysler and the Japanese cars all use slightly different 'add ons' to the OBD protocol.

Sooooo

You could get a single purpose scanner for like $200 (PC or Palm) or you could splurge and get the multi-vehicle version for $400.

At about that time some garages in the area started offering up "Free Computer Diagnostic Hookups" so I killed the search and lost all the links I used to have for it.


IMHO Getting a PC version would be better if you have access to a portable PC. The hardware for a PC (even a old slow one) is better than a Palm device and thus could allow more functionality, easier to read data layouts etc.

I would imagine that the prices on these devices have dropped over the past 18 months and am interested to see what people find!