Quick! How to check engine codes without odbc reader?

AxiomVerge · 02-18-2018, 02:40 PM

I've done it before, but I forget, and no luck finding the procedure on google. I'm on the road for the next 2 weeks...

I have a 2017 m6 ss.

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Number 3 · 02-18-2018, 02:59 PM

If you have a CEL or other telltale call OnStar

trcsr · 02-26-2018, 10:06 PM

Around here some of the auto accessory stores will loan you an OBD tester or do it for you at the store. I don't remember exactly which ones but it is either AutoZone, Advance Auto, or O'Reilly auto. Look into some in your area to see if any do that. They hope that, if something shows up, you will buy the necessary repair parts from them, but you don't have to.

ctrlz · 02-27-2018, 11:43 AM

This looks promising. Never tried it, as I always pack my OBD2 reader if I even get a hint the car is acting up.
https://codes.rennacs.com/Manual-info.php

gpskinzhut · 02-27-2018, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ctrlz

This looks promising. Never tried it, as I always pack my OBD2 reader if I even get a hint the car is acting up.
https://codes.rennacs.com/Manual-info.php

That's ODB1, pre '93 if I'm not mistaken. Do not do this.

ctrlz · 02-27-2018, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by gpskinzhut

That's ODB1, pre '93 if I'm not mistaken. Do not do this.

Apparently it does work on some OBD2 cars. I would have to be in real jam before I tried it, I must admit. A scan tool is so cheap. Amazon or Harbor freight, I mean c'mon.

TJay74 · 02-27-2018, 12:20 PM

The paperclip only works on OBDI cars not OBDII. The only year it worked on OBDII was the first year of the transition from I to II.

There is no way to read the codes from the car in the car without some sort of bluetooth dongle or scanner tool/program. If you have an active Onstar acct you can call them for the code as well.

bpang1234 · 02-27-2018, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by trcsr

Around here some of the auto accessory stores will loan you an OBD tester or do it for you at the store. I don't remember exactly which ones but it is either AutoZone, Advance Auto, or O'Reilly auto. Look into some in your area to see if any do that. They hope that, if something shows up, you will buy the necessary repair parts from them, but you don't have to.

Yeah all the big name stores will do it for you...takes all of like 5 minutes.

Number 3 · 02-27-2018, 07:17 PM

So no one calls OnStar?

TJay74 · 02-28-2018, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Number 3

So no one calls OnStar?

Onstar only works if you have an active Onstar account.

Number 3 · 03-02-2018, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by TJay74

Onstar only works if you have an active Onstar account.

Yes. I know. It's one of the benefits of OnStar hence the uestion.

srcstc · 03-03-2018, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by TJay74

Onstar only works if you have an active Onstar account.

And no one has an active OnStar account after the trial period because it's a rip-off and we all have smartphones.

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NYJets12 · 03-03-2018, 07:57 AM

My insurance company gives me a $203.00 a year discount if I have Onstar so I might as well get it or I'd have to give the insurance company the $203.00 a year. Last time I paid $169.00 for Onstar for the year. So I got $34.00 to have it

02-18-2018, 02:40 PM	#1
AxiomVerge Drives: 2017 Mosaic Black M6 1SS Vert Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Bell Canyon, CA Posts: 197	Quick! How to check engine codes without odbc reader? I've done it before, but I forget, and no luck finding the procedure on google. I'm on the road for the next 2 weeks... I have a 2017 m6 ss. Sent from my SM-G935T using Tapatalk __________________ 2017 Mosaic Black 1SS Convertible M6 / MRC / NPP Magnuson Heartbeat, Rotofab Previous: 2008 Corvette Convertible 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP

02-18-2018, 02:59 PM	#2
Number 3 Hail to the King baby! Drives: '19 XT4 2.0T & '22 VW Atlas 2.0T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 12,171 View My Garage	If you have a CEL or other telltale call OnStar __________________ "Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." - Aldous Huxley

02-27-2018, 07:17 PM	#9
Number 3 Hail to the King baby! Drives: '19 XT4 2.0T & '22 VW Atlas 2.0T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 12,171 View My Garage	So no one calls OnStar? __________________ "Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." - Aldous Huxley

02-26-2018, 10:06 PM	#3
trcsr Drives: 2018 2LT/RS Conv Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Wilmington NC Posts: 317	Around here some of the auto accessory stores will loan you an OBD tester or do it for you at the store. I don't remember exactly which ones but it is either AutoZone, Advance Auto, or O'Reilly auto. Look into some in your area to see if any do that. They hope that, if something shows up, you will buy the necessary repair parts from them, but you don't have to.

02-27-2018, 11:43 AM	#4
ctrlz Drives: 2017 2SS, 50th pkg, M6, MRC, NPP Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Ocean City, NJ Posts: 3,181	This looks promising. Never tried it, as I always pack my OBD2 reader if I even get a hint the car is acting up. https://codes.rennacs.com/Manual-info.php

02-27-2018, 12:20 PM	#7
TJay74 Drives: 17 Camaro SS 1LE & 16 Sierra AT CC Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 2,424	The paperclip only works on OBDI cars not OBDII. The only year it worked on OBDII was the first year of the transition from I to II. There is no way to read the codes from the car in the car without some sort of bluetooth dongle or scanner tool/program. If you have an active Onstar acct you can call them for the code as well.

03-03-2018, 07:57 AM	#13
NYJets12 Drives: 2018 1LT Camaro Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: PA Posts: 781	My insurance company gives me a $203.00 a year discount if I have Onstar so I might as well get it or I'd have to give the insurance company the $203.00 a year. Last time I paid $169.00 for Onstar for the year. So I got $34.00 to have it

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