[dirtbrown]

who has one??? I was wondering If I could meet up with someone who had one to scan my car for codes....Ive done a couple of things to fix it but the CEL is still there...it would be really helpful...thanks alot
-Jack

 

[PumkinSvt]

rick has one.

 

[lyrrad3]

i got one

 

[hardSVT]

i have one well i have an scr

 

[aironjack]

I guess I am being lucky. I bought a Focus 4 days ago, and the engine light turned on today. It seems that idle works rough and car vibrates. I just get to know that in California it is illegal to read these codes for free, great law!

I was thinking on buying one. But I have seen this post and I was wondering if somebody would let me use their code reader to check my code.

Thanks

 

[aironjack]

I forgot to say that I live in San Diego.

Thanks

 

[PumkinSvt]

the obdII scanners cost like 60 bucks check out autozone and get yourself one.

 

[aironjack]

I have seen a lot of different models, but I don't know which one should I buy. Ebay has some cheaper If I'm not mistaken.

Any advice on what to get? Why is there such a big price difference between some models if they do the same thing?

Thanks

 

[PumkinSvt]

becuz some scanners just show you the code and others will tell you what the code means.

 

[lyrrad3]

or you can go to autozone and scan your car for free. just leave your license with them while you go out and scan the car. just write down the codes though because the scanner they let you use doesnt explain the meaning of the code. there is a thread floating around somewhere that has the explanations for all the codes.

 

[aironjack]

I have called two autozones in San Diego today and they told me they don't scan cars anymore, are you completely sure it can be done?

Thanks for the information PumkinSvt. I will get a cheap one.

 

[hardSVT]

just put the money for a obdII towards a tuner then u can check the codes and have a tune

 

[BOOSTA]

Like someone posted earlier, go to advanced auto and "rent one" they can check it for ya too. Bring the code back here and ill tell you what it means.

 

[OrangeSVTguy]

You can go to Autozone and you can use thiers for free. You just have to give them your license to borrow it. They show you what the code is and a brief description of what is going wrong.

 

[Tyler T]

They don't do that anymore.

 

[dirtbrown]

yah autozone no longer does that...i was let down a couple months back haha...im just gonna invest in one soon...hmmmm might go on ebay right now haha

 

[aironjack]

Right, As I said they don't do it anymore. In California is not legal to read your codes for free. I finally got my code reader from Ebay and it works good. I read a P0171 code, there is a lot of information about it in this forum, so I hope to be able to fix it.

Thanks all for your help.