I want to buy one of those code scanners. Anyone have any experience with them, recommendations,
etc. My check engine light is on, and I've had it scanned, but it seems like one of those scanners
might be a worthwhile investment.

My #2 son gave me one a couple Christmas ago.
I've had no use for it driving reliable new Toyotas, but he used it a number of times on his Dodge Charger and one of his buddies vehicles.
Believe he has to take the error code from the reader and use his smartphone to access a Site where he enters the code and gets the details.

On 6/30/14, 2:01 PM, True North wrote:
My #2 son gave me one a couple Christmas ago.
I've had no use for it driving reliable new Toyotas, but he used it a number of times on his Dodge Charger and one of his buddies vehicles.
Believe he has to take the error code from the reader and use his smartphone to access a Site where he enters the code and gets the details.



Herring needs to be scanned for Alzheimers...

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rec.boats would be an airport!

On 6/30/2014 2:44 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 6/30/14, 2:01 PM, True North wrote:
My #2 son gave me one a couple Christmas ago.
I've had no use for it driving reliable new Toyotas, but he used it a
number of times on his Dodge Charger and one of his buddies vehicles.
Believe he has to take the error code from the reader and use his
smartphone to access a Site where he enters the code and gets the
details.



Herring needs to be scanned for Alzheimers...

Count on Krause to be a ****head.

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government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of
taking care of them".
Thomas Jefferson

On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 15:41:52 -0400, H*a*r*r*o*l*d wrote:

On 6/30/2014 2:44 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 6/30/14, 2:01 PM, True North wrote:
My #2 son gave me one a couple Christmas ago.
I've had no use for it driving reliable new Toyotas, but he used it a
number of times on his Dodge Charger and one of his buddies vehicles.
Believe he has to take the error code from the reader and use his
smartphone to access a Site where he enters the code and gets the
details.



Herring needs to be scanned for Alzheimers...

Count on Krause to be a ****head.

His MO.

On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:01:57 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

My #2 son gave me one a couple Christmas ago.
I've had no use for it driving reliable new Toyotas, but he used it a number of times on his Dodge Charger and one of his buddies vehicles.
Believe he has to take the error code from the reader and use his smartphone to access a Site where he enters the code and gets the details.

The smaller, cheaper ones provide nothing but the code. The one I'm considering provides the code
and the meaning. The next one up, in the $200-250 range provides all that and adds possible fixes.
They will work on Toyotas also. I'd thought my truck was quite reliable, but once your Toyota is out
of warranty, it's nice to have a good idea of what a problem might be before getting ripped off.

True North wrote:
My #2 son gave me one a couple Christmas ago.
I've had no use for it driving reliable new Toyotas, but he used it a
number of times on his Dodge Charger and one of his buddies vehicles.
Believe he has to take the error code from the reader and use his
smartphone to access a Site where he enters the code and gets the details.

You get check engine lights on Toyota's also.

I haven't seen one in four years with the RAV4 and 15.5 months with the Highlander.

True North wrote:
I haven't seen one in four years with the RAV4 and 15.5 months with the Highlander.

And you may both be lucky, and not put a lot of miles on. And you are
paying premium for that Toyota. My wife's Venza has a broken tail light
lens. $201 for the tail light housing, as the lens is not separate and
probably 2 hours to change! Has a small hole in the lens, probably a
thrown rock. Or grocery cart. How can some car company justify having to
change the whole assembly for a tail light broken lens? Tail lights have
always gotten broken.

On Tue, 08 Jul 2014 21:01:33 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

True North wrote:
I haven't seen one in four years with the RAV4 and 15.5 months with the Highlander.

And you may both be lucky, and not put a lot of miles on. And you are
paying premium for that Toyota. My wife's Venza has a broken tail light
lens. $201 for the tail light housing, as the lens is not separate and
probably 2 hours to change! Has a small hole in the lens, probably a
thrown rock. Or grocery cart. How can some car company justify having to
change the whole assembly for a tail light broken lens? Tail lights have
always gotten broken.

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Unfortunately it's fairly common these days. Sometimes you can get
after market parts for less at NAPA, Autozone, etc.