bluetooth scan tool(s)

[beaslbob]

anyone have any experience/feedback on these:

https://www.fasttech.com/p/3542100

It is a Bluetooth scan tool that relies on you phone with simple hardware.

I figured at $7 with shipping it if doesn't work I'll just toss them.

I also recommend they not by used all the time as they might interfere with some safety stuff like possibly disabling the air bags. Or at least prevent onstar from doing diagnostics.

 

[Tech_God]

Those work great, I have one that I use with the OBD2 app on my phone, it was a cheap one through amazon too.
The only thing that it caused issues with me is that my seat heaters stopped working when it was plugged in, unplugged it and they worked again, no other error messages came up.

 

[beaslbob]

Those work great, I have one that I use with the OBD2 app on my phone, it was a cheap one through amazon too.
The only thing that it caused issues with me is that my seat heaters stopped working when it was plugged in, unplugged it and they worked again, no other error messages came up.

interesting.

I think it should be for troubleshooting only as opposed to the scan/ultra gauge which attempts to pretend to be on all the time.
I just don't trust anything permanently plugged into the odb2 connector.

 

[Tech_God]

Yep I use it for OBD2 codes and the like, not permanently plugged in, I just happened to notice the issue with the seats when I was using it.

 

[Darth Bruise]

Have you tried this out yet, beaslbob? What app do you need to work with this? (iPhone)

 

[allstarchris]

ive seen some on groupon that look good

 

[carsNskis]

They're all pretty much the same. Biggest difference will be transmission speed. Torque App has a web page to tell you what to look for