[AT] OT Right to repair

[jdnut at aol.com]

Just one data point, I have been a happy user of the Blue Driver scan tool system that works with iPhone, etc., all sorts of vehicles are listed as functional through 2018, but in looking at 2019 model year.... only a few, mostly European models were shown as compatible with Blue Driver.  I don't know if the Blue Driver engineers will crack the code or not...???...John


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From: Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [AT] OT Right to repair

Kind of a wide-open question, isn't it, James?  There are many players in the scan tool game.  Are you asking if every single one can be trusted?  And what exactly does "OEM Approved" mean?  Does every single OEM even have a specific process for granting formal approval?
SO
On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 11:34 AM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com> wrote:


Can you trust the makers of scan tools who say their scan tool is OEM approved?

Steve W. AT List Member and Sun machine owner (swilliams268 at frontier.com); <snip> It is a much better thing to use a scan tool and figure out what the issue is then go from there.

Another thing on any vehicle newer than 2017 is that they now have security gateways in most of them which will prevent access with scan tools that are not OEM approved. This can make it really hard to access them.

Oh and if you decide to add a programmer or power chip on many of the new vehicles, hope you are prepared to give up the warranty and likely end up with a dead vehicle as well. The gateway mentioned above can be set up to put the engine and transmission into limp mode if it detects tampering with the PCM programming. <snip>
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