If you’re like me, you’ve been in the unfortunate situation of having that mysterious yellow icon, known as the “check engine light”, flick on on your dashboard. This worrisome light means that your car’s on-board diagnostics (OBD) system has detected something wrong with your engine.
Problem is, it doesn’t tell you what’s wrong, so you don’t know if it’s just a small malfunction or something life threatening. To make things worse, if your check engine light is on, you won’t be able to get a smog check until it’s turned off again. The only way to get that annoying light flicked off is to pay a visit to an auto mechanic, which can cost a lot of money.
Enter the CanOBD2 CodeReader from Equus. This handy device, which is small enough to throw in your glove compartment, provides you with a quick and easy way to figure out what is going on with your on-board diagnostics. Just plug-in the Equus CanOBD2’s 6-foot long data link connector (DLC), and you’ll easily be able to retrieve the OBD II code and store it onto the device. Then just look up the code in the included manual, and you’ll quickly be able to decipher what’s going on with your car.
Made to work with all cars made after 1996 (including my trusty ‘96 Nissan Sentra), the Equus CanOBD2 is a handy tool to have around, that can save you a trip to the mechanic. If you find out the problem isn’t anything serious, the Equus CanOBD2 also has the ability to delete the OBD diagnostic code, and shut off that annoying check engine light once and for all.
Beyond just dealing with check engine lights, the Equus CanOBD2 can be used to analyze other diagnostic information about your car, so you can monitor your car’s operational health. The built-in LED display let’s you view up to 19 different pieces of information about your car at a time, so you can really get a handle of what’s going on inside your car’s engine.
Looking after your car’s health is important, since it looks after yours on the road. Don’t let a check engine light ruin you day, with the handy Equus CanOBD2.
-Takeshi, shopping blogger and canobd2er
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