I called those fancy scan tools a waste of money for years

I ran a small shop for a decade and thought my basic code reader was enough. Then a 2018 Ford F-150 came in with a weird transmission shudder and no codes. A buddy let me borrow his high-end scanner, and it showed a live data PID for torque converter slip that my cheap tool couldn't see. We swapped the converter and the problem was fixed in a day. That one job paid for half the tool. How many of you actually use the advanced features on your scanners, or is it still just for clearing check engine lights?

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abbyk1015d ago

Totally! My cheap scanner missed a bad O2 sensor once.

reese_ward5015d ago

But what if the cheap scanner just saved you from a more expensive repair, @abbyk10? Sometimes a simple code clear is all you need.