t0ekn3e

hi, i was wondering if anyone in the san jose area happen to have a obd II scanner? on the way home from school today my check engine light came on. drop by the dealers and they wanted 125 to check it

sleeper408

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Go to Autozone. They will let you borrow one at no charge. All they require is your credit card as collateral in case you run off with it or damage it... I just pulled the code right in front of the store. I went to the one on Berryessa/Capitol Ave. There is also another Autozone at Capitol Exp./Story.

SCSJ

My friend that works at frys can do it. He just got the top scanner and will find out whats wrong for you with a lil cost.

acl15

what is it exactly? is it a diagnostics app?

lobuxracer

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You need hardware and software. The hardware plugs into a socket on the car, the software reads the data stream. There are scantools that are completely dedicated platforms, others are laptop based, and they even have PDA based scantools to work with PalmOS. LOTS of ways to skin that cat, and the cheapest of them are less than $100 to buy. BTW - this is NOT an endorsement, I have not used the really cheap interface units with free software, but they are certainly available.

Google OBDII scantool for more information.

Irishman06

I assume we have a CAN-based system, right? I thought I read that in the repair manual somewhere.

t0ekn3e

got it done p0141. gotta replace o2 sensor.

lobuxracer

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ISx50, yes, we are CAN enabled. Not all MY Lexus/Toyota/Scion are CAN though.