On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > > I see this free software, and down in the menus it references a Mercedes > version under development. A cheap reader and this software and yer in > bidness. > > http://www.obdtester.com/
Sort of. You still won't be able to do everything the factory tools can. Fancy-pants cars like Mer-say-deez have their own connectors besides OBDII, and a lot of important codes and data come up only on the proprietary connector. (Gummint requires only that emissions-related stuff come up on OBDII.) I've researched this quite a bit---here's the cheapest solution I've found for late-model Benzes: http://www.autoenginuity.com/products-software.html#EI17 Alex _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com