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Old 01-24-2010, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by dhvaughan
the pcm doesn't discover and report the problem until conditions allow all the tests to run and enough data is recorded.

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...ive-cycle.html
Thanks dhvaughan.... I read the list to run an obdII drive cycle.. It's so long I would have to have a passenger to read it to me.....LOLOL

Just to make sure I understand.... are you saying the PCM might not re-issue the code until after months or hundreds of miles of NORMAL driving?
 
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no, not months. more like 100 miles.
 
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I have an equus 3160(185$ from amazon,300 from snapperon) that I like a lot.Very portable,reads abs(but not pre 99 dodge).A code reader will clear codes,but if they are still active they wont go away.If you just want to occasionally reset a light,I would stick with the battery trick.But if I needed to do some light diagnostic work,I would get a reader.
 
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Originally Posted by babyhuey6810
I have an equus 3160(185$ from amazon,300 from snapperon) that I like a lot.Very portable,reads abs(but not pre 99 dodge).A code reader will clear codes,but if they are still active they wont go away.If you just want to occasionally reset a light,I would stick with the battery trick.But if I needed to do some light diagnostic work,I would get a reader.
Can you verify that it truely reads the ABS codes on you're truck, cause if it does I would buy one of these.
the manual says the same as the actron it reads MOST..
 



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