"a lot of people don't know this; for almost any ICE car in the US, you can buy a 3-day or 1-week subscription to the dealership level diagnostic software for a somewhat reasonable fee and use it with a J2534 device"

Whoa, didn't know that. Well the caveat is finding a decent J2534 device, right? There are a lot of cheapo knockoffs. Then actually knowing how to use the software with it.

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surge 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I'm pretty sure decent ones run about 50-80 dollars, a very good one.

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traderj0e 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Oh that's not bad at all, I thought it was like $500. My cheapo knockoff was $20.

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roflchoppa 43 minutes ago | parent [-]

Have you flashed anything? I need to flash the gearbox on my CRV, really wanted to DIY it at home and not get upcharged by the stealerships.

https://www.crvownersclub.com/attachments/tsb-15-086-crv-tra...

	▲	traderj0e 24 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		No, but I'm not a good person to ask. My two cars are on opposite extremes, one is simple and doesn't need anything beyond OBD2, and the other is too scary to mess with digitally.