Blue Driver August 28, 2016, 08:42:37 pm Just passing along this "Blue Driver" information; this is ZDNet article:Diagnose car problems with your smartphone or tablet | ZDNetAnd, the product website:Lemur Monitors - BlueDriver - OBD2 Bluetooth Scan Tool for Apple and Android...Maybe someone here already uses a Blue Driver and can report?
Re: Blue Driver Reply #1 – August 28, 2016, 09:14:15 pm Joan,It's like you read my mind. Unfortunately I can't report on the BlueDriver, but I need it. I have a 2002 Toyota Sequoia the has the ABS light on (freaked my daughter out since it came on while she was using the truck at the time). Checking YouTube I was directed to the gas cap or oxygen sensors as potential causes (both cats had been recently replaced after they were stolen a few months ago) so the sensors there are fine and I changed the gas cap a week ago. Lights still on...my mechanic could fix it, but at what cost? Might be "the" tool to have around the shop...what with four vehicles and the LD hanging around.Should pay for itself in no time.Thanks,Kent
Re: Blue Driver Reply #2 – August 28, 2016, 11:22:15 pm Quote from: Kent Heckethorn - August 28, 2016, 09:14:15 pm (both cats had been recently replaced after they were stolen a few months ago) What? Tell me its not so...... Both cats stolen and you've already replaced them! 🙀🐾🐾 2 Likes
Re: Blue Driver Reply #3 – August 29, 2016, 01:29:19 am Cynthia,Not Meow cats...converter cats-varoom-varoom. Ya know? LolMy meow cat is safe and sound. Kent
Re: Blue Driver Reply #4 – August 29, 2016, 08:56:11 am OBD Link lx does the same thing but not as expensive.Amazon.com: ScanTool 427201 OBDLink LX Bluetooth: Professional OBD-II Scan... 1 Likes As an Amazon Associate Lazy Daze Owners' Group earns from qualifying purchases.
Re: Blue Driver Reply #5 – August 29, 2016, 02:03:36 pm Please, don't expect all the answers from this or any other OBDII scanner.They do provide a lot of useful information, for the trained mechanic, but they don't always tell what the cure is, instead, it indicates a problem that may have many causes.I own a hardwired scanner that does everything the Blue Driver does, plus a couple of BlueTooth scanners, once again similar to the Blue Driver. Both Bluetooth plug-ins have problems with certain vehicles I have tested them on. My 2001 Jeep will set a CEL code when using one and go into "Limp home" mode, barely running until the code is erased .For whoever wanted to work on 2002 Toyota ABS, the scanner's literature does not show the capability of reading ABS codes or the ability to cycle the ABS pump, used when bleeding the brakes. IMO, While BlueTooth is nice, hardwired is better in this and many other applications. For most of us, all the extra information provide by an advance scanner is useless. A ScanGauge is probably more useful to the majority and it reads and erases code.Larry 1 Likes
Re: Blue Driver Reply #6 – August 29, 2016, 02:09:20 pm Larry, by "hardwired", you mean a scanner, e.g., the Scan Gauge, plugged directly in to the OBD port, yes?
Re: Blue Driver Reply #7 – August 29, 2016, 11:02:07 pm Quote from: JCT - August 29, 2016, 02:09:20 pmby "hardwired", you mean a scanner, e.g., the Scan Gauge, plugged directly in to the OBD port, yes? Yes, a connection made with wires.Larry
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