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OBD II reader at Harbor Freight

posted by  dick on  Tue May 31 02:44 CST 2005
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Price is $39.95 at this point. Picked one up and it does work. Even cancels out check engine light if no codes are found.

dick








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    OBD II reader at Harbor Freight

    posted by  someone claiming to be bl on  Tue May 31 15:27 CST 2005 [RELATED]


    A lot of guys swear by HF's OBD-2 unit. . I don't have their scanner as everything I've bought from them turned out to be a
    door stop. I found out the hard way that they usually ship (1) parcel post that can take 14-30 days depending on where you live and (2) their "free shipping" ain't free. When you get the invoice, you'll
    find they screwed you with a $10-12 buck "handling fee". They're kind of a low rent outfit IMHO that peddles basically chinese crap.

    bl








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    OBD II reader at Harbor Freight

    posted by  KlausC on  Tue May 31 03:32 CST 2005
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    I don't understand... a check engine light must have a code set, somewhere.

    Klaus
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    98 V70Rawd(108Kmi), 95 854T(88K mi), 75 164E(173K mi)








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      OBD II reader at Harbor Freight

      posted by  dick on  Tue May 31 04:09 CST 2005
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      Code was not there at the check time and it did turn off the light. Anyway, it did not return----yet. We shall see. This is on a 94 850 which has both the OBDII and the original "push the button and plug the cable".

      dick








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      OBD II reader at Harbor Freight

      posted by  volvocrazed on  Tue May 31 03:41 CST 2005
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      That's exactly the problem with it. It does NOT display the codes (at least not the P0410 I knew for fact was there). But it DOES turn off the CEL. I even ordered a replacement unit, which behaved identically, so I finally returned the POS for a refund. I ended up buying the Equus/INNOVA 3100 OBD II Code Reader (http://www.iequus.com/item.asp?cid=10&pid=3100) which works fine on my 850 as well as my 97 Dodge Neon.
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      '97 850 n/a Wagon, 125K mi







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