dumbest question in stangnet history

[GTFTW]

i really feel so embarrassed for asking this, but here it goes.....

is there a way to pull trouble codes without a handheld tuner or taking it to an auto parts store?

please take it easy on me lol

 

[ItsStock02]

****in noob god dammit!!!!

lol im just playing. I know with obd 1 cars you can use a paper clip to just two terminals together and the CEL light will flash your code.

I just checked and you can do the same with obd 2

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Locate the 16-pin data link connector. Connect the jump wire to terminals 4 and 9 of the connector. Turn the key to the "On" position without starting the engine.
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Step 2

Watch the "Check Engine" light. This light will begin to flash in specific patterns to indicate a 1- or 2-digit Diagnostic Trouble Code. The flashes will be long for the first digit, short for the second digit and blank if the digit is 0.
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Step 3

Record all the codes given. The "Check Engine" light will display the codes in sequence and then keep repeating them in order. Refer to your repair manual to check for the meaning of the codes.

Read more: How to Read OBD2 Codes | eHow.com How to Read OBD2 Codes | eHow.com

 

[trombonedemon]

Yup, go to Ebay and get yourself a OBD2 USB port cord 14.00, it goes to your car and lap top, then go the Easy OBD2 web site and down load there software for free. The free software will allow you to see fuel trims, lean/rich ratios, and among other things, oh, it will allow you to clear and read codes but not interpret the codes you will need to look them up in a manual or the internet. For a better program its maybe 20 bucks.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CAN-...Z230487573622QQptZMotorsQ5fAutomotiveQ5fTools

 

[fshawn50]

taking it to an auto parts store?

please take it easy on me lol

why not take it to an autoparts store? unless undriveable?

They usually will check it for free and give you code # ?
Then jump online an look it up?

Or you can always come back on here an post up so another member could look it up?

 

[slygray1]

I didn't think that was a dumb question.

 

[Tim2002GT]

Nah, not a dumb question at all. Depending on what year your car is, this may work... Mustangworld HEC Instrument Cluster Diagnostics

And btw, Welcome to :SNSign:

 

[TripleBlk]

Yes.

I bought a BR OBDII box and hooked it to an antique IBM Thinkpad. I can view just about everything going on with my 'Stang..

The car manufacturers probably squealed like piglets, but one good thing the Feds made them do was to adhere to the OBD II protocols, so that we civilians could have some insight. Otherwise, we would have been locked out of the proprietary secret protocols, and forced to give up big bucks to the dealer franchise for decoding.

 

[Mike97gt]

Nah, not a dumb question at all. Depending on what year your car is, this may work... Mustangworld HEC Instrument Cluster Diagnostics

And btw, Welcome to :SNSign:

that only gives codes for the cluster.. it will not give pcm or any body module codes

newer car Radios and EATC control heads have the same thing, a diag mode for DTC's related to the radio or EATC

 

[Tim2002GT]

that only gives codes for the cluster.. it will not give pcm or any body module codes

newer car Radios and EATC control heads have the same thing, a diag mode for DTC's related to the radio or EATC

Whoops! My bad!

 

[trombonedemon]

Yes.

I bought a BR OBDII box and hooked it to an antique IBM Thinkpad. I can view just about everything going on with my 'Stang..

The car manufacturers probably squealed like piglets, but one good thing the Feds made them do was to adhere to the OBD II protocols, so that we civilians could have some insight. Otherwise, we would have been locked out of the proprietary secret protocols, and forced to give up big bucks to the dealer franchise for decoding.

You can say that again, some of these foreign car makers have made it so that you must take the car to there dealerships to get the computers read. Kinda' putting the private mechanic buisness owners out of buisness b/c the computers they need to read these DTC and modules cost a small forturne.