Talking to tintops

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:59 pm

Yes the one and only modernish car we have has a habit of the dash lighting up like a pinball machine

Now we stuck it into a garage to get it looked at and they charged £50 to say yep there was some faults but we cleared them and it is fine now

2 days later and it does it again

Now how do i talk to the car so i can read fault codes such as ABS faults etc

fd · Post by fd » Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:05 pm

What car, what age, etc . . . if it's ODBII then you can buy a cheapo reader off the bay . . . the older the car the less likely it is to be 'standard' . . .

Fd

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:26 pm

a 2003 vintage vauxhall disastra

neil · Post by **neil** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:00 pm

If it's that age it'll be ODBII. I've got a reader if you want a shot

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:11 pm

Sounds like a plan

Then i can see what this white mans magic is all about

roadboy · Post by **roadboy** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 3:02 pm

You won't be able to get ABS or Airbag codes from a Standard EOBD reader though. It will only give you powertrain related codes.

You need manufacturer specific stuff for the other ECUs.

HTH

Dan

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 3:43 pm

Oh bugger

At least some knows what they are talking about

Any recommendations for a do it all solution as i don't want to end up with another vauxhall

Their pap

Scotsdave · Post by **Scotsdave** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:21 am

Have a search on ebay for op com. It's for vauxhalls and can read all ecu's in the car i.e airbag/abs/engine

Scottish Elises

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