hi , what scanner can i use on my 2002 STR ?? OBII ?? been looking they state 2006 onwards will this unit work with my car ?

just done a 200 mile round trip the engine light came on as we were 10 mile fom home , hoping its something simple

Autel MaxScan GS500 Diagnostic Code Reader - For All Vehicles

been looking at this unit

thanks for any replies

 

Check this link for "member recommended" scantools:

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/g...-%2A%2A-33347/

There's lower cost options that will clear the MIL than the one you've spotted. A few tools are reported to have linking or accurate code reading issues on Jaguars.

Graham

 

was going or one of these ELM327 ,hook up to laptop

i aske the guy if it worked with a mac and if it will be ok for s type r 2002

he replied no to both ?????

the mac isnt an issue but i thought this worked well with STR ???

confused.com

 

He probably just doesn't know what an STR is. It should work fine, but realise it only supports the PCM. Good value, though.

However, whether there is software for it on the Mac I don't know. Some, probably.

 

I bought an ELM327 for my 99 3lt S type. It reads the live data but not any fault codes!

 

What??? If it does live data it sure should and can do fault codes. Unless you don't have any...

What software are you using with it?

 

The car had been going in and out of failsafe mode and then on a 170 mile trip down from Aberdeen three weeks ago it shut down 7 or 8 times all though it hasn't done it since. So when I installed the code reader I was realy expecting to see some codes!

 

See the codes PDF and you'll see the conditions are fairly specific so if a car's poorly enough / situation varies it cannot tell which code to flag.

 

If the ECU has shut the engine down, even only once, then should it not show the reason why?

 

Read the codes PDF.

 

I have posted before that my $14 Chinese USB ELM tool is working fine on my 2005 STR. Using ScanXL software on laptop. Can data log and I have some custom "dashboards" to try out monitoring things. You don't get all that the dealer does but I can read and clear codes.
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Where do I find the codes pdf please? (puters not my strong point!) Also should the code reader not show P1000 or P1111 as a matter of course?

 

Where do I find the codes pdf please? (puters not my strong point!) Also should the code reader not show P1000 or P1111 as a matter of course?

 

OPS! told you lol

 

Stickies and JTIS.

 

By no means am I an expert on what scanners will work or not...I recently took the plunge (before finding this site and the list of suitable scanners) on an Autel unit, they seem to be well respected around the bazaars in UK.

I bought an Autel Maxscan 509 from a seller on Ebay "beat-the-garage"
Autel MS509 Diagnostic OBD2 Fault Code Reader Scanner | eBay

Asked the seller if it would or wouldn't work, he wasn't sure, but offered a refund if it didn't - others won't! Happily it connected straight away...easy to use too.

David

 

Ouch! Pretty expensive for what it is. Still, probably cheaper than 1 trip to the dealer...