User Manual

Table of Contents
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INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS OBD? ........................................................................ 1
YOU CAN DO IT! .............................................................................. 2
ABOUT THE SCAN TOOL
SAFETY FIRST! ....................................................................... 3
VEHICLES COVERED ............................................................. 4
CONTROLS AND INDICATORS .............................................. 5
DISPLAY FUNCTIONS ............................................................ 6
INITIAL ADJUSTMENTS .......................................................... 8
ONBOARD DIAGNOSTICS
COMPUTER ENGINE CONTROLS ......................................... 9
DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCs) .............................. 14
OBD2 MONITORS ................................................................... 17
PREPARATION FOR TESTING
PRELIMINARY VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC WORKSHEET ......... 26
BEFORE YOU BEGIN .............................................................. 29
VEHICLE SERVICE MANUALS ............................................... 30
USING THE SCAN TOOL
CODE RETRIEVAL PROCEDURE .......................................... 31
THE SYSTEM MENU ............................................................... 37
VIEWING OEM ENHANCED DTCs ......................................... 37
VIEWING ABS DTCs ................................................................ 48
ERASING DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCs).............. 50
ABOUT REPAIRSOLUTIONS® ............................................... 51
I/M READINESS TESTING ...................................................... 56
LIVE DATA MODE
VIEWING LIVE DATA .............................................................. 62
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
VIEWING VEHICLE INFORMATION ....................................... 64
BATTERY/ALTERNATOR MONITOR ..................................... 66
VIEWING THE FIRMWARE VERSION .................................... 70
THE TOOL LIBRARY ............................................................... 70
ADJUSTMENTS AND SETTINGS ........................................... 73
GENERIC (GLOBAL) OBD2 PID LIST ............................................ 77
VEHICLE APPLICATIONS - ABS
VEHICLE APPLICATIONS – MAKES COVERED ................... 82
GLOSSARY
GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ................... 83
WARRANTY AND SERVICING
LIMITED ONE YEAR WARRANTY .......................................... 85
SERVICE PROCEDURES ....................................................... 85