Checking check engine light code without scanner
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Checking check engine light code without scanner
I would like to be able to check my check engine code with out the scanner. Its inconvenient and should be doable without one. My Nissan you play with the ignition and brakes and it blinks it out for you. I have searched a lot and am not finding the information I need for it to display the codes and erase them. I have a 2010 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD with a 6.0L
Does anyone know the steps you must take to initiate the code display with long and short blinks? Thanks
Does anyone know the steps you must take to initiate the code display with long and short blinks? Thanks
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gm does have some uses for the brakes and headlight switch but i dont ever recall a way to check the CEL, except for the pre 96 vehicles (obd1). they do cell cheap small readers for under $30 that you could keep in the glovebox or a tool box
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I would like to be able to check my check engine code with out the scanner. Its inconvenient and should be doable without one. My Nissan you play with the ignition and brakes and it blinks it out for you. I have searched a lot and am not finding the information I need for it to display the codes and erase them. I have a 2010 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD with a 6.0L
Does anyone know the steps you must take to initiate the code display with long and short blinks? Thanks
Does anyone know the steps you must take to initiate the code display with long and short blinks? Thanks
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I would like to be able to check my check engine code with out the scanner. Its inconvenient and should be doable without one. My Nissan you play with the ignition and brakes and it blinks it out for you. I have searched a lot and am not finding the information I need for it to display the codes and erase them. I have a 2010 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD with a 6.0L
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Does anyone know the steps you must take to initiate the code display with long and short blinks? Thanks
For best OBD2 scan tools click here
Does anyone know the steps you must take to initiate the code display with long and short blinks? Thanks
On older GM cars, you've could bridge two pins on OBD port, using a piece of wire. This would give you a 'blink code' - effectivly, a check engine light would blink, giving a two digit code.
But, this will not work on a 2010 car.
I am sure you have a smartphone, right? Why not getting a bluetooth OBD2 adapter and an application like Torque lite or similar.
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kazoocruiser is correct. anything obdI….ie 95 and older can flash out codes. anything 96 and newer is obdII and require a scan tool.
Nissan were allowed more time to be obdII compliant cause they couldn't get there **** together in time...they had both obdI and obdII diagnostic connectors until 2000 on some models.
Nissan were allowed more time to be obdII compliant cause they couldn't get there **** together in time...they had both obdI and obdII diagnostic connectors until 2000 on some models.
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On older GM cars, you've could bridge two pins on OBD port, using a piece of wire. This would give you a 'blink code' - effectivly, a check engine light would blink, giving a two digit code.
But, this will not work on a 2010 car.
I am sure you have a smartphone, right? Why not getting a bluetooth OBD2 adapter and an application like Torque lite or similar.
On older GM cars, you've could bridge two pins on OBD port, using a piece of wire. This would give you a 'blink code' - effectivly, a check engine light would blink, giving a two digit code.
But, this will not work on a 2010 car.
I am sure you have a smartphone, right? Why not getting a bluetooth OBD2 adapter and an application like Torque lite or similar.
Last edited by Gregg Garcias; Apr 17, 2019 at 2:45 AM.