OBDLink LX

Updated review because the software was released to the Kindle market. It's a good little device. It is fast and works great, but it's at the higher end of the price scale. It powers down and kicks out a lot of info but the added bells and whistles aren't really 'do die for' necessary over a quality scanner in a lower price bracket. I dig it, but it's a little spendy. Can't do 4.5 stars for the price ding but 5 is fair considering the quality and output. OLD Review: Pros FIRST because my one complaint kinda annoys me. Pros: It works great and fired right up with some apps. Paired quickly on bluetooth and got codes quickly. Lights and info are very straight forward and it is fairly simple to use. BUT....The app that is in the instructions (The OBDLink app) isn't on the Kindle app site. The device is here on AMAZON with AMAZON all over the packaging and Amazon appears in the instructions...but...no love for Kindle. There are other apps that work just fine but the OBDLink app intended for it that's in the paperwork and instructions isn't available for the Kindle. Kinda miffed about that... If you have an Android phone or tablet that is NOT a Kindle, you'll be fine. It also comes with a code to put it on a Windows laptop. I would like to love it, but right in the instructions it says "Thank you for your purchase. If you like it yadda yadda ...."post your review on AMAZON!" (Just....ignore the fact that Amazon makes Kindle but this app is for Android and Microsoft but Kindle blocks it even though the instructions have the word AMAZON in them.)

This is very easy to use. It is compatible with many obd reader apps - but i find it works best with OBDLink's app. I had to pay $15 extra on the app for enhanced "PIDs". It seems very accurate and best of all - you can see engine oil and transmission oil temps that you wouldn't otherwise know! I used it to pull a code on my truck saying I needed a new Camshaft Position Sensor. This reader is definitely worth the $90 they ask!

Works perfect. connects well with alfaobd, used to turn on trailer lights on jeep grand Cherokee

Good quality. A step above the cheap bluetooth OBD adapters. Have purchased several of the cheaper OBD2 adapters over the years and have always run into small problems with them not always being compatible or having some small issue. Finally spent the money to upgrade to this one. It has worked well with everything I've thrown at it so far. It now lives in my Jeep center console just in case. Good build quality with better plastic quality. Able to diagnose your check engine light and change settings on my Jeep Wrangler. Easy to install and lights are visible / readable. Good accurate tool to help with your vehicle interface.

Works very well. Price was right. Got mine for roughly $50 to replace a 1st generation Automatic that would never pair with my phone. Initially had nothing but inexplicable "incorrect passcode or PIN" errors trying to pair this one. Also saw the intermittent popup asking to confirm some random PIN code. Was very irritating, but I'd seen such behavior before on Android, which has flaky Bluetooth in my experience. Turned off the car kit to cut down on interference (unscientific, but seemed like common sense), rebooted the phone (always worth a shot). Pressed the pair button on the adapter (something the Automatic was lacking), tapped the entry for the adapter to pair and suddenly it jumped from Available to Paired. Phew! Note that I had also tried pairing it with a different phone (same model and OS version) and it worked the first time. No telling what could be hosed up with BT on the primary phone, but it doesn't have any trouble connecting to other BT devices. Or maybe I just got lucky on the other phone. The app worked the first time, warning that I needed to turn on the ignition to see the "ECU". Torque Pro app also works well with this adapter, which is why I bought it in the first place. Knew I didn't want anything more to do with the Automatic app. Moment of truth came with getting back in the car after passing initial tests. Sure enough, Torque connected right back up to the adapter and displayed real time information from the engine. One note on using this with Torque: make sure to exit the app on return or it seems it will perpetually try to re-connect to the adapter. Seems to fiddle with BT at various intervals, causing at least some other devices to disconnect and re-connect. Odd as Torque is configured to leave BT alone. But then there's some odd warning about HTC/Samsung devices in its settings, so who knows? Can't blame that on the adapter, but it's always something with these things. *** Update *** That didn't take long. Lost the entry in BT settings entirely (how in hell does that happen?) Getting random pairing requests with random numbers while driving down the road. Really don't know who/what to blame at this point. Not going around in circles forever like I see some other reviewers doing. As far as I'm concerned, none of these things are ready for Prime Time. *** Update *** Well, at least it re-paired painlessly. This is only day one, so will see how it goes after a week. Was very upset when it dropped out of the BT settings as it took a lot of "work" (Googling, going around in circles) to get it to show up there in the first place. That was the ballgame and it appeared the adapter had snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. No idea if it matters, but was using the Torque app, not the included one. Doubt that was the issue though. Both apps recovered as soon as I re-paired the adapter. Going to deduct a star every time it does this, because there's no way in hell a consumer should be expected to babysit a little piece of plastic that was supposed to make their lives easier, save them money, etc. My time is expensive and this thing is taking up too much of it. *** Update *** The problem appears to be software related. For example, if Torque is not closed (and it never closes automatically) and you wander too close to your adapter, the software attempts to authenticate. If it fails (e.g. if you walk back out of range), the adapter removes the pairing. Sometimes it is easy to re-pair, other times it can be a real pain fending off seemingly endless "incorrect PIN" errors. Pretty laughable as I never entered a PIN at all in those cases. https://www.scantool.net/forum/index.php?topic=9819.0 *** Update *** Have been careful to back out of Torque Pro on return and it has behaved (meaning not disappearing from the BT device list and reconnecting reliably each time I start the car) for over a week. Overall quite happy after the initial hiccups.

OBDLink LX Bluetooth Adapter – Delivered July 12 This thing is fast and reliable. Works flawlessly with Torque and Motoscan. Way better than generic Bluetooth dongles. Stays connected and gives solid data. Worth every penny.

This worked perfectly for me. I would absolutely buy this again and recommend to friends. In fact, I HAVE recommended to friends and our son. I should say up front that I didn't even try the OBDLink app that they offer. I can't say anything about that aspect; I have NO idea if it's good, bad or indifferent. After doing some research, I spent the $4.99 to buy the Torque Pro App for my Android Galaxy 4 Tab tablet... I have a 2004 Toyota Tacoma that never has any problems EXCEPT for the "Check Engine" light every couple of years. I know that AutoZone and whatever other parts stores will read the codes for free, but I wanted to do it for myself and hopefully FIX it myself. - I bought the "Torque Pro" App from the Play Store and installed it on my Galaxy 4 Tab tablet. This actually does WAY more than I'm interested in right now, so for now at least, I got it for reading / resetting codes, which it does with excellence. - With the key *OFF* plug the device into the OBD port. (If you don't know where yours is, go to www.dlc-locator.com, enter in make, model and year and scroll down a little to DLC LOCATION and click the link for a picture of the location.) - With my tablet, pairing was super easy: : Turn the vehicle key to ACC, which also powers the OBDLink LX device : Went to the tablet Bluetooth in settings and touched SCAN : Immediately pushed the CONNECT button on the ODBLink LX : My tablet saw the device as "OBDLink LX" - touched that to pair : Touched OK to confirm the passkey and complete the pairing - Once paired, open the app... in my case Torque Pro. - I had already defined a profile for the vehicle, so I just had to touch "Fault Codes" - Did the "Tap here to scan for faults" It tool less than 1 minute and showed the results... I got the code, chose Web Lookup and found that my P0446 code didn't look good for a DIY fix because it's definitely not the gas cap and pretty much everything else requires dropping the gas tank. Honestly, I cleared the code and am hoping for the best.

This is the tool to get if you need an OBDII scanner. There is plenty of selections out there, but for an Android user like me, this is a perfect tool to work with. For Android, you can download the free OBDLink scan tool, but I haven't quite figured out how well the app supports multiple-vehicle profile. If you have multiple car sharing this one little tool, you can purchase Torque app on Google Play. Torque allows you to set up the vehicle profile once, and be done with it for life. A couple things to keep in mind on what the tool can do for you. You can definitely use it to scan for faulty engine code, so you don't have to make a trip to O'Reilly's/AutoZone/AAP for engine code scan. In addition, you can reset the engine codes, and verify the issue after driving for 30 min or less. If you plan to get your car state-inspected, you will definitely need to drive your car for about 30 min, so you don't automatically fail the test. Other neat feature includes real-time monitoring of the vehicle data, including but not limited to engine temperature. In fact, because of this tool, I was able to detect abnormal engine temperature while driving and took corrective measures (adding for engine coolants) before the car breaks down on freeway. In all seriousness, within a week later, it detected a failed upstream oxygen sensor. Since I knew what went wrong, I was able to buy an oxygen sensor online and figured out the repair on my own. After that, the same vehicle passed Texas State Inspection. In all, I gained the knowledge on how to replace oxygen sensor and not have to throw money at a local mechanics. This is a small investment that will save you a ton of headache later on. A must have indeed!

Très content de ce produit fonctionne très bien avec application très content merci

Ero alla ricerca di un lettore OBD che oltre ad essere strumento di diagnostica per auto mi poteva permettere di avere sotto mano, attraverso varie applicazioni tra cui Hybrid Assistant, tutte le informazioni di funzionamento della mia Toyota CHR. Dopo aver valutato e provato altri lettori, mi sono convinto dell'acquisto di questo prodotto. Un particolare che avrete notato tutti: OBDLink LX costa parecchi euro rispetto agli altri, ma, a mio avviso, li potrebbe valere tutti e vi spiego anche il perché. Iniziamo con il descrive le caratteristiche principali: OBDlink è uno scanner diagnostico che viene inserito nel connettore OBD-II di un veicolo compatibile. Tramite una connessione Bluetooth trasforma lo smartphone, tablet o PC in un sistema di monitoraggio in tempo reale delle performances del motore. Per fare il pairing con il nostro dispositivo portatile basta connettere OBDlink al connettore OBD e premere il pulsantino. Solo in questo momento sarà rilevabile dallo smartphone senza necessità di inserire un pin. Questa procedura rende OBDlink particolarmente sicuro e a prova di hacker. E’ compatibile con il diffusissimo standard OBD-II, praticamente lo standard di quasi tutti gli autoveicoli degli ultimi venti anni. Supporta anche il protocollo EOBD, JOBD e altre varianti di OBD-II. Il primo mio timore era che, lasciandolo sempre collegato potesse, scaricare la batteria del veicolo. Mi sono subito tranquillizzato poichè OBDlink appena è fuori dalla portata del Bluetooth dello smartphone si mette automaticamente in sleep mode. Al contrario si attiverà appena tornerà nel raggio di azione del Bluetooth. E non solo, si spegne non appena si spegne il veicolo e si riattiva ad ogni accensione del motore. Ed io, così, lo lascio sempre inserito, senza aver riscontrato alcun problema. Per la diagnostica dell'autovettura, viene fornita un'app gratuita - solo per android - ben fatta, senza pubblicità, e che consente di leggere i codici di errore diagnostici, leggere tutti i dati di funzionamento dell'auto (circa 90 parametri) e tanto altro. Infine, completa e perfetta è la funzionalità con Hybrid Assistant, app che permette con facilità l’accesso alle informazioni più importanti riguardanti il funzionamento della mia Toyota CHR. Le tante informazioni fornite, aiutano a comprendere il funzionamento del veicolo ibrido, e mi stanno aiutando a perfezionare la guida e a ridurre sensibilmente il consumo di carburante. Cosa importante, trasmette tutti i dati in modo istantaneo risultando di gran lunga migliore e affidabile di altri lettori da 15/20 € da me in precedenza testato e che avevano, tra i principali difetti, una latenza imbarazzante nella comunicazione dei dati. La velocità e l'accuratezza nell'inviare i dati permettono cosi di ottenere un indicatore virtuale fluido e realistico con grafici dettagliati. In conclusione, il costo è elevato, se rapportato alla concorrenza cinese, ma se volete un prodotto affidabile, veloce, qualitativamente valido e sicuro, compatibile con tutte le maggiori app disponibili e che offre la piena compatibilità con Hybrid Assistant, allora questo è il miglior acquisto che possiate fare. Spero che la mia esperienza sia stata per voi utile.

J'ai acheté ce lecteur obd, parce que que c'est le seul valable sur une prius plus,suivi par les développeurs et les créateurs de Dr prius et hybride assistant conseil cet odb. Il y'a eu des cas où les odb chinois, on crée des problème suite à un bug dans la communication et mis la voiture en sécurité. Donc autant acheté une chose de qualité directement que d économisé et se dire j'aurai du invertir quelques chose de correct. L'utilisation c'est basique un petit bouton pour appareillé avec le BT. La lecture se fait immédiatement. J'ai supprimé le bip ceinture qui était insupportable... J'ai vu qu'il y'a la possibilité de passer sa voiture en mode maintenance, pour éviter les manip du style de jeux vidéo des années 90

Great, still running now. The auto-low power and wake-up is a real 12v battery preserver!

Öncelikle sadece Android cihazınızda (telefon veya tablet) ve kendi araçlarınızda kullanacaksanız bunu almanızı tavsiye ederim. MX+ modelinin farkı İos ve Android'de çalışmasıdır, ihtiyacınız yoksa gereksizdir. Cihaz her türlü veriyi anlık olarak okuyabilen piyasadaki en hızlı Obd okuyucudur, diğer bütün pahalı cihazları incelemiş biri olarak bunu rahatlıkla söyleyebilirim. Bilinen en iyi Android uygulamalarla uyumludur, verileri sürekli olarak ve anlık görmek istiyorsanız doğru cihazı inceliyorsunuz.