Wondering if anyone has advice on a code pulling tool.
What do I need to look for? I see they range in price from like $50 to $500.

I just want something simple to pull codes and clear them so I dont have to go to orielly and borrow the tool all the time. I live $30 miles from them. I dont need to store them, I can write them down. I dont need them to tell me what they mean, I can look that up. What I want is to make sure I get something that can pull them all. Some say things like "pulls Factory codes as well as generic codes" or something. Dont they all? Or is that an added thing I need to look for?

Any thoughts or opinions would be great. Thank you.

 

Go find you a used Edge for 250 or so.
This way you would be able to tune your truck as well as have a code reader.
That what I did for my 2001 F150

 

Yea, you just need a simple scanner, 50 - 80 bucks. Sears Hardware has them, Harbor Freight has them and their probably the cheapest. Sears has the Actron -
https://picasaweb.google.com/jbrew39...69944717625362

 

canned tunes < custom tunes


why you people are still hung up on humping the legs of canned tuning devices I will never understand

 

I got a cheap one, without abs capability, and then I got an abs fault, so I ended buying a second abs only one. I guess it's nice if one goes bad, that I'll have the other capability, but just means more space in the toolbox.

 

ive got a "cheap" MAC unit for about 80 bucks, and its not their cheapest one either. I bought it because it shows OBD2 monitor status

 

Harbor Freight could be your friend. Bought my OBD2 scanner YEARS ago for $45 there and I still use it today.

 

Think I am going to go with the harbor Freight Tools one. it seems cheapest for the features, and has good reviews.

 

autozone does it for free...

 

Re-read his post.

 

just did. didn't see he was thirty miles away... my bad.

i'm sure all of the tuners pull codes as well.

i use the sct x3 and i like it a lot. i haven't had to pull codes with it yet but for the money and what it does i really like it.