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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 it’s not marked as v.2.1. This adapters are supported, but they have lot’s of bugs.
PLEASE NOTE: Vehicle ECUs vary in the amount of sensors supported. This app can’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), can’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.
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Dec 18, 2024
Auto & Vehicles
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Location, App activity and 2 others
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Location, App activity and 2 others
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Alan Pearman
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January 17, 2025
This is the best free scanner I've come across. It lets you both scan and clear codes, unlike other apps that require payment to clear codes. The diagnostic data available in the free version exceeds my expectations. Because of that alone, I decided to purchase the app. The developer has done a remarkable job, and they truly deserve the support. Keep up the excellent work!
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D. Kwon
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January 8, 2025
A lot of features and customizations. Ive tried almost a dozen other apps, some may look fancier, but bang for your buck, car scanner was the only one I decided to purchase. I appreciate that they don't try to scam you with monthly membership bs. Premium app with more total features than most any other app, a lot available for free, but reasonable price to upgrade.
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Paul Aveil
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December 31, 2024
This software was recommended on a VW forum and worked really well. But now own a high mileage Range Rover Velar that has had a few issues 😔. So thought I would see if this program would help me find any faults. Well of course it did and without any problems at all...(Exhaust temp sensor), now upgraded to pro version. Superb amount of software treats to investigate with..... superb.