At some point no matter what car you drive an engine management warning light will appear and your car may become undrivable. The fault code being displayed maybe an electrical error from a sensor that if cleared could potentially be ok until you can get the component changed. Some faults are intermittent and can be cleared but some faults are major issues and the engine management light is on to prevent further damage to a mechanical component. Either way we can read the code or codes from the ECU and offer professional advice.
Don't stress yourself out, Modern Car Engines have built in intelligent diagnostic systems called OBD2. Using the ODB2 built in by the manufacturer it is possible to tell exactly what is going on with your car when it goes wrong. The main dealer will use plugs into the ODB2 when you take your car in for a service to reset the service interval or reset a recorded fault code. Main dealers charge a lot of money for these services and this is justified by the cost of the equipment used to read the ODB2 information. Most garages cannot afford to purchase such equipment and normally will use another local garage with ODB2 equipment and skilled mechanics to carry out diagnostics on there own customers cars.
We have purchased the latest state of the art portable equipment so we can carry out these tasks on the road or at your home. We read fault codes with their definitions and will be able to give you a good understanding of what has gone wrong with your car. Car Code Reader mechanics reset fault codes, reset the check engine light and we also read performance data like engine speeds, coolant temperatures, air intake temperatures, O2 sensor Information for just a start.
Car Code Reader always ensures we have the latest software developed for plugging into your cars diagnostic interface, so we can guarantee we have the very latest ECU Fault Code Readers covering ALL the current protocols required for reading from your cars ECU.
We are located in Birmingham in the West Midlands and will come out to your location in the Birmingham, West Midlands during the day or outside of normal garage operating hours. We have various local garages around Birmingham, West Midlands area that we have relationships with and should your car have a terminal fault we can offer free advice on where to take your car to help save you money.
Cars when they go wrong can be very expensive if you do not know a friendly mechanic and sometimes not having knowledge can be worry and we can put your mind at rest by giving information that is in impartial. We are here to help and not to try and make money out of replacing everything on your car. Some garages do not have fault code equipment and there are even some garages that have fault diagnostic equipment but are not fully training on how to use it as mechanics frequently move from garage to garage.
We started to offer our professional fault code reading service as we realised that after 6pm if your car goes wrong you are stuck until the morning unless you are a member of a recovery service. And even then the recovery service such as the AA, RAC or Green Flag will only recover the car to a location and they do not have sophisticated equipment required to read fault codes and clear engine management codes. We can take measurements data live from your cars ECU to understand if a sensor is functioning correctly and this can sometimes be a good indication on where a fault is if you have an intermittent fault.
Our equipment is portable and state of the art. We keep ahead of the times by always buying the latest fault code reading equipment and keeping the fault code equipment up-to-date
and ensure we have all the training to carry out the task on any car.
Due to our service becoming more and more popular, more and more garages are trying to get us to recommend them. We will only personally recommend mechanics that we know and trust and we are not cost driven
Maybe you are buying a new car and want it checked out. We have extensive knowledge of most cars and most car faults. We can read stored faults of the car you are looking at buying and this can give a good indication of something hidden away. We are able to read from the ECU the VIN number and Engine number which can prevent fraudsters selling vehicles that are not as they say they are. We can offer a complete inspection to your requirments.
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Read my fault code
We can read fault codes from all vehicles manufactured after 1996. Fault Code Reading your car will not take very long at all. This information will give you the information you need to understand what is wrong, and the information is read from the cars ECU.
We can clear service interval alarms should you have serviced your car yourself and have the service interval indicator showing you that your car needs a service.
Our equipment works on all cars built after 1996. If we cannot read your car then there is no charge.
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