Car Scanner ELM OBD2

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4,5
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About this app

See what your car is doing in realtime, get OBD fault codes, car performance, sensor data and more!
Car Scanner is a vehicle / car performance / trip computer / diagnostics tool and scanner that uses an OBD II Wi-Fi or Bluetooth adapter to connect to your OBD2 engine management / ECU.
Car Scanner gives you a bunch of unique features:
1) Layout your own dashboard with the gauges and charts you want!
2) Add custom (extended PIDs) and get information, that was hidden from you by car manufacturer!
3) It can also show and reset a DTC fault code like a scantool. Car Scanner includes a huge database of DTC codes descriptions.
4) Car Scanner allows you to read free-frames (sensors state when DTC is saved).
5) Now with Mode 06 - you can get ECU self-monitoring test results. Helps you fix your car and helps keep repair costs down!
6) Check if your car is ready for emission tests.
7) Check all of the sensors at one screen
8) Car Scanner works with any vehicle that uses the OBD 2 standard (most vehicles built after 2000, but can work for vehicles as far back as 1996, check carscanner.info for more details).
9) Car Scanner includes a lot of connection profiles, that gives you some extra features for Toyota, Mitsubishi, GM, Opel, Vauxhal, Chevrolet, Nissan, Infinity, Renault, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Ford, Subaru, Dacia, Volkswagen, Skoda, Seat, Audi and others.
10) Car Scanner dashboard includes a HUD mode, that you can use to project data to your windshield.
11) Car Scanner provides a tool for very accurate acceleration measurments (0-60, 0-100, etc.)
12) Car Scanner can be used as a trip computer and can show you fuel consumption statistics!
13) Car Scanner supports coding (changing hidden settings of your car) for this cars:
- VAG group (Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Seat), built on the MQB, PQ26 and MLB-EVO platforms. Some exclusive functions you would find only in Car Scanner: Video in motion (VIM), Mirrorlink in motion (MIM), Traffic Jam Assist activation, Drive mode profiles editor (compatibility may depend on your car modules and firmware versions), Ambient lights configuration, etc.;
- Toyota/Lexus cars with CAN bus (almost all cars since 2008 up to nowadays);
- Some of Renault/Dacia (compatibility may depend on your car modules and firmware versions);
- Several service functions available for other cars.
14) And one more thing - Car Scanner provides the widest variety of features for FREE across the Play Market.

The app requires a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth LE) OBD2 ELM327 compatible adapter (device) to work. ELM327 devices plugs into the diagnostics socket in the car and gives your phone access to car diagnostics.
Recommended adapters brands: OBDLink, Kiwi 3, V-Gate, Carista, LELink, Veepeak.
If you buy one of the cheap china OBD2 ELM327 adapters from ebay / amazon, then make sure itā€™s not marked as v.2.1. This adapters are supported, but they have lotā€™s of bugs.

PLEASE NOTE: Vehicle ECUs vary in the amount of sensors supported. This app canā€™t show you something, that is not provided by your car.

Attention "bad" adapters! We faced the problem, that some adapters (often cheep Chinese clones), canā€™t connect to the smartphone or the car. Some of them can even make your car engine work unstable, often lost connection, increase time lag when reading data.
So, we recommend you to use genuine ELM327 or recommended adapter brands.
Updated on
18 Dec 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, App activity and 2 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4,5
261K reviews
Nigel Libby
18 December 2024
After using this app for a good long while now, probably a few years, I have to come to really enjoy it. Lots of features, nice that you can customize different monitor screens and choose which sensors to see. But all while maintaining a non indulgent display, it's just straight to the numbers. Which i appreciate, when you consider how much gets dedicated to form over function in this world now. All around, my props to the devs
28 people found this review helpful
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GƔbor Szabados
27 November 2024
For those people who are complaining about the Android Auto dashboard view. You are banging on the wrong door. It is the limitations of Google's Android Auto interface! - The developer of this app is amazing! I had sent a few months ago a feature request through the app to add Android Auto support and I just noticed a few days ago, that I can access my dashboards through Android Auto. Awesome feature! Well done! Makes life much more easier to see the values from the car. Thanks for the effort!
25 people found this review helpful
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j.j
27 January 2025
Almost perfect, it is only missing 1 thing really and its to be able to combine into 1 output multiple sensors. Lets say I have two "hvb charge" readings. (For a lightning, the shown and "real" kwh left are diffrent). Being able to add both then divide by two to get the median number would be great! So yeah, well worth the lifetime license but that possibility would be a game changer. -1 star for the fake reviews.
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What's new

Updated connection profiles database.
Bugs fixed.