Thinkdiag OBD2 Car Diagnostic Tool

For those who like it when someone gets straight to the point yes you should buy this scan tool, keep reading and I’ll tell you why. I’ve been in automotive repair for 26 years and this is by far the most scan tool for the least amount of cash I’ve ever owned. I would classify scan tools in the following way: 1. A code reader (capable of pulling codes from the main computer of a vehicle and looking at basic data). 2. An entry level scanner (capable of reading multiple modules and possibly doing some reset features). 3. A bi-directional scan tool (capable of reading all modules and performing all sorts of resets and calibrations) 4. A full featured scan tool with all the bells and whistles possibly having an oscilloscope or other attachments. This scanner is firmly planted in the 3rd category and is very capable of diagnosing even very difficult problems. The Thinkdiag would be useable by people at all levels of automotive understanding from the DIY weekend warrior to a seasoned diagnostician. Now for what most people want to know yes this tool can scan every module (assuming the module is communicating) and has bi-directional tests for almost all of them. The data stream has selectable data so you can select all or just a few data PIDs (parameter ids) and the refresh rate was very good even with multiple PIDs selected at once. The graphing is good but doesn’t yet reach the level of great. Graphs have the line trace as well as the value in large print at the top and they are scaleable for time and voltage so zooming in and out is as easy as possible. You can combine multiple graphs at once as you need to do many times while diagnosing how two sensors react at the same time or how something affects another part of the vehicle. The bi-directional tests have good controls and you can add data from the data stream to see how something is affected by controlling it on and off. I have used this feature many times and it adds so much to the scanner’s abilities. I have found a couple of instances where a test won’t function as I hoped but this happens with all scan tools even ones that cost multiple thousands of dollars. As far as setting up the Thinkdiag connected to my phone easily with bluetooth and as soon as the diagnostic software downloaded (don’t get worried it took a little bit on this part) it was able to jump right into full functionality. It scanned for the VIN and then performed a health report which was organized very well. I emailed the report to myself and it looks great so for anyone doing this in a professional setting sending this to a customer or saving it for their own records it will look top notch. The user interface is laid out very well and menus are very easy to navigate. Many times the software will help with selections either being labeled with more than an acronym so that if you don’t know that SCCM is for the steering the tool tells you. I don’t see any downsides to this tool. Much of the time when buying a scan tool there are trade-offs where you justify the trade-off with the price of the tool but this tool takes on other tools that are easily ten times it’s price range (Autel, Launch, Zurich, Snap-on, and Matco) and it just flat out performs right there on their level at a tiny fraction of the price. Now, you do have to do yearly updates to maintain the Thinkdiag’s functionality but even if I had to buy a new one each year I would have to buy this tool many times over to come close to the prices of its cheapest competitors. In short, buy this tool and don’t look back this is a game changer for sure.

Very powerful and useful product. Had somequestions about a specific function and contacted tech support. They were very helpful and patient with my barrage of questions. Buy this device, it’ll pay for itself in a matter of minutes.

I couldn’t believe what I had heard about this thing, but decided to take a chance. If you work on your car(s) yourself, you realize that the OBDII port can tell you quite a bit about error codes, but you also realize that there is a huge amount of information that is only being seen by the dealer when he hooks up his computer. And that it’s unavailable to you.This device cuts through all that not just for one vehicle, model, year, but basically for everything! In my case, for a 15 yr. old domestic hybrid, to get information on individual cells in the high voltage battery. When you hook it up, connect it to your smartphone by bluetooth, it goes onto the web, finds the information — ALL the information – for your vehicle, and downloads it, so you have access to everything the dealer has. It’s all printable in neat, clear reports. Of course, you won’t need every detail it provides, but the point is, whatever hidden problem your vehicle has, this will ferret it out.An amazing tool!

I couldn’t believe what I had heard about this thing, but decided to take a chance. If you work on your car(s) yourself, you realize that the OBDII port can tell you quite a bit about error codes, but you also realize that there is a huge amount of information that is only being seen by the dealer when he hooks up his computer. And that it’s unavailable to you.This device cuts through all that not just for one vehicle, model, year, but basically for everything! In my case, for a 15 yr. old domestic hybrid, to get information on individual cells in the high voltage battery. When you hook it up, connect it to your smartphone by bluetooth, it goes onto the web, finds the information — ALL the information – for your vehicle, and downloads it, so you have access to everything the dealer has. It’s all printable in neat, clear reports. Of course, you won’t need every detail it provides, but the point is, whatever hidden problem your vehicle has, this will ferret it out.An amazing tool!