Torq and how many ELM327's?

[supton]

Wife went to leave this morning, but found a CEL. So she dutifully woke me up and I went to see what had tripped. Turns out I left my ELM327 BT dongle in the car I loaned out. How many of these cheapo dongles can I pair with my smartphone?

I have a Scanguage in the truck, with the cable nicely routed out of the way; of course that cable went MIA (or is in the car I loaned out). I have Techstream on a laptop that takes 5 minutes to boot & doesn't have a working battery (and there's no outlet near the cars). I'm tempted to just spend the money on yet another scanner.

 

[racin4ds]

Your phone will pair with any of them you select. There is no limit persay that I'm aware of.

 

[supton]

Thanks. Might pick up another then.

Wife tells me now that it tripped the traction control light, so I would have needed Techstream at some point anyhow. I guess I know what tonight's project will be.

 

[dogememe]

Originally Posted by supton
Thanks. Might pick up another then.

Wife tells me now that it tripped the traction control light, so I would have needed Techstream at some point anyhow. I guess I know what tonight's project will be.


Doesn't Toyota often disable Traction Control when the check engine light is on? I've never owned a Toyota so I'm not too sure I just see many Toyotas with both CEL and traction control lights on.

 

[wdn]

The combination of check engine light and VSC light can be triggered by a faulty gas cap. If is a speed sensor on one of the wheels it will light up Brake, ABS, AWD if present, and VSC lights but no check engine light.

 

[supton]

Weird but good to know. Looking like I won't check until this weekend, too busy.

 

[wdn]

Techstream and a laptop will do what you need, if it's a Toyota. You may be shopping for a new laptop battery if its a Toyota or else you are looking at a $200+ scan tool like the Zurich VR13 or the Autel Maxi Diag pro tool to read/clear the ABS related codes (because Torque app on phone is incapable of retrieving and/or clearing ABS or any other chassis codes such as VSC).

 

[supton]

Nah, I'm just being lazy--extension cord will work. I just don't want to do this at 10 tonight. Maybe tomorrow after dinner.

Murphy's Law and all. Wife needed the car this morning for a 300 mile round trip drive. Tomorrow it'll only get a couple of drives. Right now we're down a vehicle, nothing like great timing. Hopefully it's something stupid like a gas cap.