We were given one free yesterday by VW.

Plug it into the dashboard and it reads and sends vehicle data to your smartphone via Bluetooth. Easy connection to the OBD2 port underneath the steering wheel.( I read that on the box )

Can someone enlighten me ( and Derek)?
Randa

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Can someone enlighten me

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Yes, but before I do, is it worth bothering with? Has anyone else got one and if so, do they use them?

Randa

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Yes, but before I do, is it worth bothering with? Has anyone else got one and if so, do they use them?

Randa

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I have a free app on my phone called 'Torque Lite' that connects via Bluetooth to an Onboard Diagnostic (OBD2) reader that plugs into the OBD port on the car allowing diagnosis of logged fault codes in the engine management computer.

There is also a full, paid version for techy types.

The device is very useful for checking for faults when the engine management warning light comes on.

Highly recommended.

I've got something similar, Mr C; it's called Carista. I managed to blag myself onto their beta testing gang so I get the full version for nothing.

It's very useful for diagnosis, as you say, and has saved me a ton of dosh over the past couple of years. An Audi dealership will charge sixty notes for plugging their combobulator into my OBD port no matter whether it's to check for a dud bulb or something much more complicated.

As cars get more and more dependent on electronics, a decent OBD dongle and app will also allow you to do stuff like resetting the service interval indicator after an oil change and rewind the pads on an electronic handbrake so you can change them, something you simply can't do without one.

I used mine to set the nearside door mirror to dip when reversing so that you can see the kerb and not mangle your alloys and get the instrument panel to display the oil temperature, something it doesn't do as standard any more.

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