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Recommend diagnostic reader for a MK1 Ford Focus

Ush1 · 2016-03-09 09:47:32

Can anyone recommend a cheap usb or Bluetooth diagnostic reader that will read the error codes on a 2004 MK1 Focus, 1.4 Petrol? Ebay or wherever is ideal. I bought one before and it didn't work but did read codes on my mates Laguna. Seems to be a bit of confusion about which ones work with which.

09-03-2016 9:47am

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Can anyone recommend a cheap usb or Bluetooth diagnostic reader that will read the error codes on a 2004 MK1 Focus, 1.4 Petrol? Ebay or wherever is ideal.

I bought one before and it didn't work but did read codes on my mates Laguna. Seems to be a bit of confusion about which ones work with which.

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#2 09-03-2016 11:07am

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I have one of these:

Memoscan U480 handheld OBD-II scanner

...and one of these:

ELM327 Bluetooth OBD-II adapter

...which I use with the Torque Pro Android app. They both work well enough with standard OBD-II, including most Fords I've encountered. Note that cheap little devices like that only do standard, open-interface Core Powertrain OBD-II and things like airbags, ABS and so on are out of reach of them.

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