Code readers are diagnostic tools that every car owner should consider owning. Having one of these is as important as carrying a spare tire or a fire extinguisher in the trunk. Back in the day, before ...

Simply’s more sophisticated reader is easy to use, with a colour screen and a usefully long 77cm cable, meaning you don’t need to kneel next to the footwell in cars with awkward port locations. The ...

It’s something no driver wants to see: a check engine light glowing on the dashboard. You know something’s wrong with your car—but what, exactly? That’s where an OBD2 code reader comes in handy. These ...

Modern cars are basically computers on wheels. With so many electrical systems, sensors, and motors, there’s so much that could potentially go wrong. When something does go awry, pinpointing the ...

Since this is the best car you have ever owned and it probably has some additional life in it, spending $500 or even $1,000 on headlights to me is money well spent. John Paul is AAA Northeast’s Car ...

In the Last diagnostics article, we outlined how to retrieve and decipher engine diagnostics for engines running OBD-I engine management computers. OBD or On Board Diagnostics is a subsystem of the ...