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Old 08-27-2012, 09:44 AM   #6
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Many OBDII scanners will read stored codes, and errors that don't meet the threshhold needed to turn on the check engine light.

In addition there is a separate system accessible by software/hardware like Techstream (which the dealer has) that goes through the same OBD2 connector, but works on a different bus that will show errors even after they have been cleared by normal OBD2 scanners.
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