[DeTomaso] [NPC] OBD2 Code Scanners

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Mark
In Az with a normal car you can go to an Autozone parts store and they will 
read the code for you for free and usually reset it. Of course they want you 
to buy the part that is causing the problem. Sometimes a gas cap or just a 
sensor that is going out of limits set in the computer.
Rich
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark McWhinney" <msm at portata.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 4:47 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] [NPC] OBD2 Code Scanners


> The check engine light came on the other day on my 1997 Ford Ranger. 
> There
> is no other indication of a problem.  I would like to find out what
> triggered the light, so that I do not have to pay the local Ford Dealer 
> $100
> only to find out that it is time to change an air filter.
>
> There are the OBD2 readers on EBay for under $50 that will display the 
> code.
> As I recall, there was some brouhaha a few years ago about automakers not
> giving out the problem descriptions for the code numbers.  Is that still
> true?  If I find out the answer is "42", will I be able to find out what
> question it answers?
>
>
>
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