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TIL those cheap code readers from the auto parts store can sometimes see what my $4000 scanner misses.
Had a 2012 Civic with a weird intermittent misfire that my main tool showed as 'no codes present', but a $30 reader my buddy left in my truck picked up a pending P0304 after a 20 minute test drive, leading me right to a bad coil pack.
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ivan8736mo ago
My old Innova 3100 caught a weird transmission code on my wife's Outback that my shop's fancy scanner just said was "no communication"... cost me like 60 bucks years ago. Sometimes the simple tools just listen better.
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the_amy6mo ago
Wait, your shop's scanner just said "no communication" and charged you? That's wild lol
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ross.jason4mo ago
my buddy had the exact same thing happen with his F150. his shop's Snap-On bricked out on a fuel pressure code but the $30 Actron he keeps in his glovebox for giggles caught a pending lean condition on bank 2. @the_amy it really does feel like the cheap ones just listen harder sometimes haha.
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