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OH BEE DEE
Hey all,
Bought this scanner
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Profe...item5190d6ad15
Plugged it in earlier and somehow: READ has failed. Verify the connection at the DLC. Verify the ignition key is ON. Played with it a few times with the same outcome
Tried it with my wife's kia & worked perfectly.
Any thoughts? Thanks.
Dont think this unit is updatable.
Found this STFF but I'm still out of answers.
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...er-issues.html
Bought this scanner
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Profe...item5190d6ad15
Plugged it in earlier and somehow: READ has failed. Verify the connection at the DLC. Verify the ignition key is ON. Played with it a few times with the same outcome
Tried it with my wife's kia & worked perfectly.
Any thoughts? Thanks.
Dont think this unit is updatable.
Found this STFF but I'm still out of answers.
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...er-issues.html
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2002 Mercedes Benz C230 Coupe
Hey all,
Bought this scanner
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Profe...item5190d6ad15
Plugged it in earlier and somehow: READ has failed. Verify the connection at the DLC. Verify the ignition key is ON. Played with it a few times with the same outcome
Tried it with my wife's kia & worked perfectly.
Any thoughts? Thanks.
Dont think this unit is updatable.
Found this STFF but I'm still out of answers.
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...er-issues.html
Bought this scanner
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Profe...item5190d6ad15
Plugged it in earlier and somehow: READ has failed. Verify the connection at the DLC. Verify the ignition key is ON. Played with it a few times with the same outcome
Tried it with my wife's kia & worked perfectly.
Any thoughts? Thanks.
Dont think this unit is updatable.
Found this STFF but I'm still out of answers.
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...er-issues.html
The scanner is 100% compatible with our cars.
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I have the exact same unit from the same seller. Works like a charm on my car. Re-check the connections (its really hard to connect and needs a bit of force before it will connect properly). If that doesn't work, your OBD connector on your car is pooched.
The scanner is 100% compatible with our cars.
The scanner is 100% compatible with our cars.
Is it an expensive replacement?
Is there a data link fuse?
Seller offered me $20 for any inconvenience.
Last edited by danev6972; Mar 3, 2010 at 07:18 PM.
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As a first step, I would recommend getting under the dash (facing up) with a bright flashlight and just looking at the connector. I have a feeling youll find one of the pin connectors is blocked or bent. Try blowing compressed air into it if you dont find anything.
Then try re-connecting the scanner and like I said earlier, you have to use some force. My scanner wont connect and read until I kinda wiggle the connector around and use some force to push it in.
Not sure if there is an independent fuse for the OBD connector. There is however a fuse map floating around the forum...just do a search for fuse map and read through the list to see if any one fuse controls the connector...but I doubt it.
And yeh..the seller is a great guy! Sells a quality product + great service.
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Depending on which part of your connector needs to be replaced, it can get pretty expensive. Usually these are pretty fool-proof ie...you have to try very hard to break the OBD connector.
As a first step, I would recommend getting under the dash (facing up) with a bright flashlight and just looking at the connector. I have a feeling youll find one of the pin connectors is blocked or bent. Try blowing compressed air into it if you dont find anything.
Then try re-connecting the scanner and like I said earlier, you have to use some force. My scanner wont connect and read until I kinda wiggle the connector around and use some force to push it in.
Not sure if there is an independent fuse for the OBD connector. There is however a fuse map floating around the forum...just do a search for fuse map and read through the list to see if any one fuse controls the connector...but I doubt it.
And yeh..the seller is a great guy! Sells a quality product + great service.
As a first step, I would recommend getting under the dash (facing up) with a bright flashlight and just looking at the connector. I have a feeling youll find one of the pin connectors is blocked or bent. Try blowing compressed air into it if you dont find anything.
Then try re-connecting the scanner and like I said earlier, you have to use some force. My scanner wont connect and read until I kinda wiggle the connector around and use some force to push it in.
Not sure if there is an independent fuse for the OBD connector. There is however a fuse map floating around the forum...just do a search for fuse map and read through the list to see if any one fuse controls the connector...but I doubt it.
And yeh..the seller is a great guy! Sells a quality product + great service.
I was looking at it with the flashlight and nothing bent as far as i can tell. Now do all the "holes" in the connector have contact points in them? Looks like gold when you shine them w/ a flashlight. I see a few holes missing them...don't know if that is the way it should be. Thanks for your time.
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I'd probably try that as well, or try it with a buddy's. At least that will identify that it may just be some strange incompatibility between your particular car and the scanner (albeit inexplicable) and not an issue with your car itself.
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Did what you said...blew compressed air into it, wiggled it,...and still not reading.
I was looking at it with the flashlight and nothing bent as far as i can tell. Now do all the "holes" in the connector have contact points in them? Looks like gold when you shine them w/ a flashlight. I see a few holes missing them...don't know if that is the way it should be. Thanks for your time.
I was looking at it with the flashlight and nothing bent as far as i can tell. Now do all the "holes" in the connector have contact points in them? Looks like gold when you shine them w/ a flashlight. I see a few holes missing them...don't know if that is the way it should be. Thanks for your time.
Meanwhile definitely try what the others have suggested...try a buddies scanner or the auto parts score scanner on your car...
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It was a bad scanner. At least it was not the car.
