Write them down and take it to a make's dealer ship mechanic (E.G. a Honda to a Honda dealership mechanic).
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A full listing of diagnostic codes can be obtained from most General Motors dealerships. The Chevy Lumina has more than 500 diagnostic codes.
The average Nissan automobile has more than 400 diagnostic troubleshooting codes. You can obtain a complete list of diagnostic codes from most Nissan dealerships.
Diagnostic Trouble Codes.
For just reading codes, any OBDII scanner.
chances are you will have to take car to dealer or mechanic to have them hook up a diagnostic machine to the cars computer
turn the ignition on but do not start the car. hold the Off and Red Warmer button on the Climate control panel to the right of your speedometer. hold them until the dash will flash off and on and it will then list you diagnostic codes
turn the ignition on but do not start the car. hold the Off and Red Warmer button on the Climate control panel to the right of your speedometer. hold them until the dash will flash off and on and it will then list you diagnostic codes
With a diagnostic scanning tool.
The function of car diagnostic software is to diagnose any potential problems the car may have. It reads data from the car and tries to spot any trends that may be cause for alarm. there have many car diagnostic program, in fact, different diagnostic run on different diagnostic program.
As long as you can get the car to power up (the lights and accessories come on in the RUN/Battery position), you can plug in a diagnostic scanner in and retrieve fault codes. You do not need the engine running. If the car cannot power up, then the computer cannot turn on and the scanner cannot access the fault codes. In this case, you need to find out why the car isn't getting power before you can use the computer to diagnose any problems.
Reading diagnostic codes is easy. The driver plugs the reader/scanner into the diagnostic port of the vehicle, and the scanner/reader will give a code if there is a problem, and tell them the type of problem.