Vehicles manufactured since 1996 have had to comply with the CARB issued OBD-II specification. These vehicles use a standardized diagnostic connector and data output format. On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) ...

This article was updated in August 2025 with new products and information. That little yellow check-engine light is sneaky. Most of the time, you forget it could be there. But when it detects an issue ...

One of the best things about open source software is that, instead of being lost to the ravages of time like older proprietary software, anyone can dust off an old open source program and bring it up ...

Over the past few weeks we've looked at a new take on hand impact drivers, ratcheting serpentine belt tools, and flexible claw pickup tools to make retrieving lost hardware and tools easier. This week ...

OBDAutoDoctor is an On-Board Diagnostics scantool software. With this easy-to-use OBD-II software, you can communicate with your vehicle’s diagnostic system and turn you computer into a highly capable ...

Navigation-device manufacturer Garmin today announced the ecoRoute HD, an add-on that allows GPS units to monitor a vehicle’s performance in real-time. The $150 device plugs into a car’s OBD II port ...

Comma AI wants to give drivers a much better understanding of what's going on under the hood of their car, and a new dongle, Panda, is how it plans to unlock it. The $88 gadget is the latest in a ...