Imagine driving your car and you see your check engine light blinking. What will you do? Definitely you’ll panic and won’t know what to do. You’ll probably take your car to the nearest car mechanic for a quick check.
But what if you could know exactly what’s wrong with your car? Wouldn’t that be great? That’s exactly what an OBD2 scanner does.
In this article, I’m going to share everything you need to know about a BlueDriver OBD2 scanner.
In the box, you’ll only get the device. There won’t be any wire as its fully Bluetooth-dependent. You’ll need a phone or tablet to run the application. You can get the application in both Google PlayStore and Apple Store.
There’s a small QR code in the box that will help you download the application.
You might be wondering, will this device work on any car? Well, to answer that question, you can quickly view this table
| Countries | Support Available For |
| Europe | 2001 & Newer for Patrol Cars |
| Europe | 2004 & Newer for Diesel Cars |
| Australia & New Zealand | 2006 & Newer |
| Other Countries | Check manuals |
Now you might be wondering, how to use this application. Well just check underneath your dashboard and you’ll see a port for the OBD2 scanner. Just insert the scanner there, it’s not hard. Just turn on your car.
Open the application on your phone or tablet. Make sure you have your Bluetooth turned on. Then your phone or tablet will automatically connect the scanner. And you’re good to go.
The OBD2 scanner has 2 lights. Either it’s blue or red. If it’s blinking blue that means the pairing was successful and you’re good to go. If the pairing is not successful then you might wanna restart the entire process.
So, exactly what can you do with this scanner? Well, you can read and clear codes. You can repair reports and freeze frames. You can check the emission in the smog check. You can see mode 6, I don’t know what that is.
If you have your check engine light on then you can see for how long that’s been on. You can see your vehicle information.
With the OBD2 scanner, you can check all sorts of codes such as, check engine codes, transmission codes, ABS codes, and airbag codes. It’s basically one device to rule them all.
You can read all the codes and if you don’t understand any particular codes you can look it up on the internet. If your VIN is registered in the scanner then it will also give you a probable solution of what you can do to fix that problem. That’s like really cool.
The scanner will also tell you what caused the problem. It will guide you to the most reported fix that has solved the problem. In one word, this scanner will do everything to get your car in shape.
Suppose you had a check engine light on issue and you wanna know under what scenario that happened. You can simply go to the freeze frame and check the exact condition that happened. So that you can prevent that in the future.
In the smog check section, you will get a detailed report on whether your car has any emission problems or not. Suppose you’re going to get your car inspected by the DMV, then this can help you tremendously. You can check the car for yourself first and if there’s any issue then you can fix it first.
Previously I told you I know nothing about Mode 6, well I didn’t. But now I researched a bit and turns out it will show you all the values of different sensors and let you know whether they’re OK or not. Another nice thing to have.
Suppose you’re buying a used car. Then you can plug in the scanner and check yourself if the car had any check engine light issues. It will also tell you for how long the lights have been on. If it’s on for too long, that’s a negative flag. Because it indicates that the owner doesn’t care about his car that much and wants to get rid of the car as quickly as possible.
You can get some live information as well. Also, you can save this online.
So, even if you’re new to this automotive industry, this is a must item to have. It will save you tons of time. You can fix some car problems yourself. You can save tons of money doing so.
Why wait, get yourself a BlueDriver OBD2 Scanner, and thank me later.
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