I see that Harbor Freight has them on sale for $35. I haven't used one; some of H.F. stuff is junk, some is not.
I would be willing to help anyone out by picking one up and mailing at cost...
Cal
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> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 09:19:43 -0400
> From: andy levy <andy-dml@levyclan.us>
> Subject: Re: DML: OBD II code readers
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> On 8/4/2006 15:52, Jason Bleazard wrote:
> > Anyone ever used any of the various cheap code readers? Are they even worth
> > the plastic they're made out of? There are a bunch of them on eBay for around
> > $40 if you want to see what I'm looking at (go to eBay and search for "OBD II
> > reader"). I'm sure they're silly little toys compared to the high-end
> > scanners, but all I want is something to replace the ignition key trick to
> > retrieve codes. That doesn't seem to work any more on the 2001 :-(.
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> Jason, I just saw this week in PC World a device called the CarMD.
> http://www.carmd.com/ $90, plugs into the OBD-II port, and you can also
> hook it up to a laptop.
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> Not sure how useful it'd be for you, nor whether it's available yet.
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