Anyone on Long Island have an error code reading cable? HALP!!

[FIRST1]

Last night I went for a drive and when I got back on my street (a kinda long straightaway) I punched it in Sport mode (I have an auto). Outta nowhere I got SERVICE ENGINE SOON light. I put it in regular Drive and limped into my driveway. About 30 seconds later the SES light disappeared. Turned the car on/off and it did not reappear.

So, I would LOVE if someone on Long Island had a cable to read the code. If I understand correctly, there is a JB4 cable that can read the code as well (I have JB4 installed but do not have this cable).


I have had this car since 2010 and this is about the 5th time that a malfunction message appeared while doing some slightly aggressive driving. All the other times, the engine went into "Limp mode" but never a SES light. And the limp mode always went away after engine restart. FWIW, I just had the walnut blasting service done about 2 weeks ago.

[BrokenVert]

Might be a VANOS solenoid. How many miles do you have?

[FIRST1]

Originally Posted by BrokenVert

Might be a VANOS solenoid. How many miles do you have?

almost 53K. Would love to read the damn code without paying the dealer for diagnostic

[BrokenVert]

Originally Posted by FIRST1

almost 53K. Would love to read the damn code without paying the dealer for diagnostic

BT cable is $130, sorry I cant help more

[FIRST1]

Originally Posted by BrokenVert

BT cable is $130, sorry I cant help more

From where?

[FIRST1]

Nothin huh... I guess I'll try the 3er forum and see if I have any luck

[BrokenVert]

Originally Posted by FIRST1

From where?

HPA sells them. PM Harold.

[FIRST1]

Another member told me I could read codes on the dash with JB4, I had no idea I could do that.

http://www.n54tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11495

So I followed that, and it told me there are no error codes... No error codes even though I had a SES light, hmm...

Is it possible the results could be different if I use the cable??

[OAM]

Originally Posted by FIRST1

Another member told me I could read codes on the dash with JB4, I had no idea I could do that.

http://www.n54tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11495

So I followed that, and it told me there are no error codes... No error codes even though I had a SES light, hmm...

Is it possible the results could be different if I use the cable??

It's possible. I had an error that went away after an engine restart. I scanned it with the Torque App for Android and a bluetooth ODB port scanner. Nothing. I then tried with my Cobb and the cobb read the error.

[FIRST1]

Originally Posted by OAM

It's possible. I had an error that went away after an engine restart. I scanned it with the Torque App for Android and a bluetooth ODB port scanner. Nothing. I then tried with my Cobb and the cobb read the error.

With the Cobb, was it in-dash or with the cable?

[OAM]

Originally Posted by FIRST1

With the Cobb, was it in-dash or with the cable?

Not sure what you mean in-dash, but I have the Cobb Accessport which plugs into the ODB port so you can change maps and run a bunch of other features. Error code scanning being one of them.

[AchtungF80]

This is basically what you need...http://burgertuning.com/scanner.html

Buy it then split the cable with 2 others to offset the costs and they can borrow at will. Thats what me and a fellow 1addict do. I use 2 Vins off the license, he uses 1.

[FIRST1]

Originally Posted by OAM

Not sure what you mean in-dash, but I have the Cobb Accessport which plugs into the ODB port so you can change maps and run a bunch of other features. Error code scanning being one of them.

With the JB4 you can read error codes with the steering wheel controls to display the error codes in your dash. However, I did this and it said I had no error codes. I am going to now use the JB4 cable to USB (laptop) method to make sure that there are no errors.

[OAM]

Originally Posted by FIRST1

With the JB4 you can read error codes with the steering wheel controls to display the error codes in your dash. However, I did this and it said I had no error codes. I am going to now use the JB4 cable to USB (laptop) method to make sure that there are no errors.

Gotcha. Sorry not familiar with the JB4. The Cobb itself has a screen so you just hook it up to the ODB port and scan.