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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 09:47 AM
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Never had this on my vet (96, 50K). Where do I start?

I think I'll order the reader kit but meanwhile I briefly scanned the shop manuals last night and don't see any reference to getting the codes displayed on the dash or elsewhere. I'm a bit surprised at this.
My old Dodge displayed the codes via blinking lights when you turned the ignition key on/off 5 times fast.

Thanks in advance.
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by barry96
Never had this on my vet (96, 50K). Where do I start?

I think I'll order the reader kit but meanwhile I briefly scanned the shop manuals last night and don't see any reference to getting the codes displayed on the dash or elsewhere. I'm a bit surprised at this.
My old Dodge displayed the codes via blinking lights when you turned the ignition key on/off 5 times fast.

Thanks in advance.
Barry, do a search on OBD11 code readers and codes.
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 12:09 PM
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head over to Autozone or Advance Auto/Kragen, what not, most of those stores will read codes for free.

then come back here...
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 01:03 PM
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AutoZone sells a real nice OBDI-II Code Reader for about $90 too!
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