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I have a honda & a nissan. Prior to both I used a generic ELM320 cheapie on my colt and it was fine.
However it was not suited to the newer honda, and the nissan didn't care for it ( would not handshake). I tried multiple apps.
Eventually I got the viecar ELM320 and that sorted out the problems. it diagnosed the honda as an intermittent crank sensor issue, and also a fault due to the nissans battery being disconnected, which I could reset.
I would recommend getting the viecar before spending on a cheaper generic. Good luck!

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I still have the older generic ELM320 - if you are in CT then PM me and I would be happy to donate if it would be of use to you.
 
Tosser said:
I have a honda & a nissan. Prior to both I used a generic ELM320 cheapie on my colt and it was fine.
However it was not suited to the newer honda, and the nissan didn't care for it ( would not handshake). I tried multiple apps.
Eventually I got the viecar ELM320 and that sorted out the problems. it diagnosed the honda as an intermittent crank sensor issue, and also a fault due to the nissans battery being disconnected, which I could reset.
I would recommend getting the viecar before spending on a cheaper generic. Good luck!

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I still have the older generic ELM320 - if you are in CT then PM me and I would be happy to donate if it would be of use to you.
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+1 for viecar - I have one and a VAGCOM KKL USB based OBD2 - both work well on my Subaru
 
Tosser said:
I have a honda & a nissan. Prior to both I used a generic ELM320 cheapie on my colt and it was fine.
However it was not suited to the newer honda, and the nissan didn't care for it ( would not handshake). I tried multiple apps.
Eventually I got the viecar ELM320 and that sorted out the problems. it diagnosed the honda as an intermittent crank sensor issue, and also a fault due to the nissans battery being disconnected, which I could reset.
I would recommend getting the viecar before spending on a cheaper generic. Good luck!

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I still have the older generic ELM320 - if you are in CT then PM me and I would be happy to donate if it would be of use to you.
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This is the kind of advice I wanted. It seems to be a hit or miss with the generic ELM327.
 
I use OBDeleven
I have able to activate
Needle swipe on start up
Left mirror tilt on reverse
Alarm tone beep on locking of car
Video in motion activation

On a friends car I activated
Needle swipe
FOG as turning lights
switched off brake pad wear light , common issue on VWs pads changed light still stays on and no it doesnt have the sensor you change with the pad my Audi has those.
 
Nithan15 said:
I use OBDeleven
I have able to activate
Needle swipe on start up
Left mirror tilt on reverse
Alarm tone beep on locking of car
Video in motion activation

On a friends car I activated
Needle swipe
FOG as turning lights
switched off brake pad wear light , common issue on VWs pads changed light still stays on and no it doesnt have the sensor you change with the pad my Audi has those.
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Link to the scanner ?
 
That OBDelven pro sounds interesting.
" functionality of advanced diagnostic systems for all VAG group cars" - so aimed a bit more at VW, Audi and the like?
 
We have an OBDEleven for the Q5 (it's VAG only).

I have an HDS cable and old laptop for my Civic, as well as a generic ELM327 + Torque Pro that also works well on the Honda.
 
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schuits said:
That OBDelven pro sounds interesting.
" functionality of advanced diagnostic systems for all VAG group cars" - so aimed a bit more at VW, Audi and the like?
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Pro supports Iphone, if you use an andriod get the normal OBDeleven no change in support or things you can do
 
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