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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: AVR2 on September 07, 2015, 04:00:23 PM

Title: Do many people have DRB3's in the UK?
Post by: AVR2 on September 07, 2015, 04:00:23 PM

What's the situation in the UK as regards issues with Jeeps that require a DRB3 scan tool? Do people just have to go to a dealership, or do independent shops generally have them? They still seem to be dastard expensive even on the used market in the USA - around $3000.

I picked up a DRB2 on eBay for the 1993 ZJ I have here in Dubai, but that's only useful for OBD1 Jeeps and when I move back to the UK I'll almost certainly be getting an OBD2 ZJ.

Title: Re: Do many people have DRB3's in the UK?
Post by: Mike Pavelin on September 07, 2015, 08:09:59 PM

You don't need a DRB3 to read OBD2

Title: Re: Do many people have DRB3's in the UK?
Post by: AVR2 on September 07, 2015, 10:06:08 PM

I'm not referring to simply pulling OBD2 engine trouble codes, obviously any cheap generic OBD2 reader will do that. I'm talking about all the Jeep-specific stuff that isn't part of the OBD2 spec that you need a pro-level scan tool to do, like pulling ABS codes, running ABS bleeds, interrogating the modules on the CCD bus (aircon, security, BCM etc), running actuator tests - all the stuff you need a DRB3 or better scan tool to achieve.