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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Highly recommend this product. Have this handy tool for over two years. Took this (just in case) on a road trip. Of course cars are complex and finding out what's exactly wrong with it is always a journey.

The reader has a 1 button results screen that tells if car will pass a smog check. Occasionally my 2012 ford fusion pops up the check engine light. I have a honda accord hybrid 2007 and it scanned for problems. It's just easier to own the machine and ...  Read More



Cons

The manual is utterly opaque and i'm not sure who the audience is. Not intuitive keypad. It is not.

Tried to connect to my vehicles. I read and reread and tried all the steps and all it did was tell me that it was 'entering the system'. When i connect it and turn on either car's ignition, nothing happens! Plugged it in to my windows 10 computer and ...  Read More

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Highlights

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Quality


Easy to operate and the codes and description popped right up


Unit is as described in a rugged compact design that is easy to read and use and compact size makes it easy to either store or ...  Read More


5 seconds of scanning and threw a cylinder misfire code as i suspected was the issue


This also has a built in library to input the codes you find and give you what causes the code without having to look it up elsewhere

Price


A good deal and just what i wanted


This is a great product for the money and easy to use


It was a reasonable price and i needed to read my car so it was worth it


But it is not a 10000 scanner

Shipping


This got here right on time as predicted

Competitiveness


I used to go to autozone for a free scan but they dont clear anymore

Overview

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    easy, great, good, clear and needed.
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  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 390.
  • Previous analysis of this listing was an F grade.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is high deception involved.
  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 29.3% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 8,784 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 19 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I would not recommend for really reprogramming a part or really involved diagnosis


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I use this at work when i dont want to grab the bulky scanner and just need to quickly read or clear an engine code


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Everyone should have one of these to atleast be able to troubleshoot vehicle troubles on their own before taking the car to a mechanic


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Good luck with your situation


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The one thing i like about this you can hook up to computer and even print out the code


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It’s not very straightforward with its menu so plan on trial and error until you get used to the layout


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Its all a home owner needs to work on their vehicles


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It did the job of telling me why my check engine light was on

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