ANCEL HD100 Bluetooth Heavy Duty Truck Scanner DPF Regeneration Compatible for Cummins Caterpillar Diagnostic

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This little contraption is truly awesome. It helps diagnose issues that I dont know how a mechanic could diagnose without it. This little gadget saves so much time wasted, trying to troubleshoot 10 different things in order to find out what the actual issue is, let alone all of the money That you would spend troubleshooting by buying an item and installing it to see if it fix the problem sometime buying multiple items and spending the time to install them when it is not necessary if you have this product. It tells you straight where to go to fix your issue or issues and it will pay for itself over and over again quickly Im sure. Perfect gift for a mechanic.

This little Bluetooth scanner is really great. It allows you to access all the systems on the truck and even do TPM as resets super compact and easy to keep around. I just stick the little dongle in the backseat pocket and it just lives in the truck forever the system allows you to monitor almost every single system on the vehicle, and Gives quick and easy diagnostic. You can also reference Google if you have a Wi-Fi connection to get information regarding the codes you receive.

I am familiar with Ancel products, and while I only own two other products by them, they're both great and this follows suit.

This is a fairly simple product and works exactly as advertised. You can read/diagnosis both HD vehicles and smaller, more typical, vehicles which makes it quite handy. Just plug it in to your HDOBD or OBD2 port, depending on what you're trying to scan, connect via BT (or wifi) with your phone and use their app to scan and read data. It's about as simple as it gets, and if you've ever used any sort of OBD2 scanner, you'll have no problem using this as it's no different but just gives more functionality by adding the HDOBD option.

Overall, it's worked perfectly for me. I have zero complaints. I will continue to use it and will update my review if anything changes.

I didn't realize Ancel made Bluetooth-only OBD devices until I found this available to me on Amazon's Vine program. I have an Ancel OBD2 scanner with screen that I keep with my tools for car issues. That scanner has its own readout screen so I don't need to go through the hassle of connecting it to my phone via Bluetooth and then hooking it into an OBD2 app like Torque. I grew tired of that process over the years and was glad to get a scanner with a screen.

But now with this scanner I'm back to Bluetooth and an app. Why did I get this device? Because it not only can scan cars, but it's also designed to work with equipment that uses the diagnostic system installed in heavy diesel equipment. One end of the Bluetooth device has the trapezoidal OBD2 male connector used by cars coming out of it, the other end has a round HDOBD male connector used by diesel equipment coming out of it. Included at no cost with the dongle is Ancel's diagnostic app which must be used in conjunction with the scanner on your phone.

Ancel is a first rate maker of electronic diagnostic equipment for cars and trucks and if you work on cars, but especially if you work on heavy diesel equipment, you'll find value in this dual-purpose scanner which does everything from letting you know the source of your error code and the voltage of your O2 sensor in your car to clearing the DPF code in your truck.

If you only have an automobile, get a much cheaper car-only OBD2 scanner from Ancel. You will only really benefit from the full value of this scanner if you own a truck or some other heavy diesel.