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Originally Posted by mattyd97
If you have any other suggestions let me know. Thanks.
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I'm a little late to this thread, but just FYI:
1. You can walk into any O'Reilly's, Advance Auto, Auto Zone, etc. and ask them to pull the codes for you. They all keep an OBDII reader behind the counter and will walk out to your car to read the codes for free. Then they'll look the number up on their computer and give you the description. It's usually a good idea to write it down. They're easy to forget, and many codes sound alike, so it's also easy to "remember" the wrong one. It's really a free service. There are no catches. They're just hoping it causes you to buy parts from them.
2. You can use Torque (Android) or DashCommand (Iphone) to read, research and clear OBDII codes from your car on your phone. Torque has a free version that will read codes, whereas the full version that clears codes and has real-time monitoring is $6. Then you need a $20 (or less) OBDII bluetooth adapter you can get from Amazon or Ebay. DashCommand uses a wifi adapter, and it used to be a little more expensive, but I haven't checked the price lately. You get more features on these apps than on a $300 pro model code reader, and the graphical interface is a lot friendlier. All for under $30.
I run Torque full time in my BRZ on an old phone I have dedicated to that purpose. I usually also carry another OBDII adapter in my Jeep to read codes off my regular phone, but the last time I threw a CEL I was 600 miles from home and had forgotten to put the adapter back in the glove box. So I just popped into an O'Reilly's store, had the code read to verify that it wasn't anything serious, and went on my way.