Renault Kangoo Combi (1999 - 2004) - 2000 1.4 OBD code readers

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Wed 5 Nov 2008 11:38
2000 1.4 OBD code readers - tgah
Hi I am looking to buy a cheap engine diagnostics code reader but am unsure of the type to buy. Is a W reg (2000) a standard OBD/OBDII or CAN ? I have read that the socket is under the dash in the passenger foot well is this correct? eBay sell PC based interfaces for as little as £24, are they any good? I only want to clear any fault codes present now and then check for any new ones appearing in the future.

Thanks in advance Andy
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Thu 6 Nov 2008 13:27
2000 1.4 OBD code readers - tgah
Can no one help?
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Thu 6 Nov 2008 13:50
2000 1.4 OBD code readers - Screwloose
Andy

I have little interest in DIY code-readers; but the 16-pin socket is indeed somewhere under the dash - on either side; [never where it's supposed to be - it is French....]

It would never have been the, US-market only, OBD-II and didn't have to be EOBD until '01. It won't be CAN on that year.

Your choices are a Renault-specific protocol or maybe one of the four EOBD ones. If you can't see the manufacturer codes, as well as EOBD ones, then you'd only get a tiny bit of the picture anyway.
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Thu 6 Nov 2008 17:47
2000 1.4 OBD code readers - tgah
Thank you Screwloose for your reply.
So it looks like it may be EOBD if Renault are early adopters.. LOL but more likely a Renault specific one, should have bought an 01 :(

All I am looking for is a bit of peace of mind. As I said in an earlier post, in the one week I have owned the car I have found that the dash has been out and pulled apart to break the airbag LED to mask a fault (most likely the air bag connection to the steering wheel). I also think I am a MIL missing. The only ones that do a one second test at switch on is the low fuel and the imobiliser. My friends kangoo has a yellow engine symbol that tests at switch on. I want to know if there is a fault logged in the ECU not showing on the dash due to more skulduggery. Am I worrying about nothing?

Thanks again, Andy
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Thu 6 Nov 2008 18:15
2000 1.4 OBD code readers - Screwloose

Not necessarily - but an EOBD reader won't access the airbag system anyway.
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Thu 6 Nov 2008 18:24
2000 1.4 OBD code readers - tgah
I'm not that bothered about the air bag as I 'hope' never to need it. But I was worried about doing some damage to the engine if I am running with a engine fault that's hidden.
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