Morning guys and girls, lovely day in sunny essex. Does anybody know where i can pick up a handheld fault code reader for my 03 wrx? It's a pain in the *** keep going to my garage when somethings up and the car flags up for silly things like muddy tyres haha. I just want to be able to communicate with my car, doesn't matter how its used (laptop,handheld etc) thanks 👍👍

 

I tend to suggest a cheap VAGCOM lead off ebay and romraider/Tara racing software on a laptop, this gives you more then just error code reading, it will allow you to read the codes and also carry out live data readings from the car, so you can actually look at what a sensor is doing or even what the engine is doing,
Or buy a Bluetooth obd reader and use free torque SW on your phone/Tablet.

hth

 

Wow thanks a lot bro, I suppose having a real deal setup to know exactly what the car is doing id tempting. Depends on the price for the kit i would opt for that! as long as i can clear the blank fault coming on my dash with no historical data that good enough, but im gonna look into this. The lead you suggested, is that specific for my car or are these plugs universal fitting etc. Thanks bro

 

Universal connector, if you have a laptop/notebook then I'd go VAGCOM and download romraider, it's been a godsend for me trying to diagnose problems.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-USB-Ca...item5af57d9dc9

That's what I've got and the software is free, so for a fiver you're up and running

 

ELM adapter & torque app does the job for £10er

 

Thanks for the help guys, can always count on this place for cushty info. im searching now for all the above items. hopefully have my own system within a week 👍