accessing trouble code saturn ion 2003

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ladeedadeedaadaa - 31 Jul 2005 17:35 GMT

Now, I know with a lot of the newer vehicles, basic trouble codes
can be read with certain combinations.. such as hold mileage reset
button and turn key to acc, on, acc on etc and engine light will blink
the code.. Is there any such way to access the codes on a 2003 saturn
ion without buying a code scanner? anybody know of ways to do it on
other cars, that i could try out? It'd be much appreciated!

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Shep - 31 Jul 2005 23:24 GMT

need obd11 scanner.

> Now, I know with a lot of the newer vehicles, basic trouble codes
> can be read with certain combinations.. such as hold mileage reset
> button and turn key to acc, on, acc on etc and engine light will blink
> the code.. Is there any such way to access the codes on a 2003 saturn
> ion without buying a code scanner? anybody know of ways to do it on
> other cars, that i could try out? It'd be much appreciated!

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ladeedadeedaadaa - 01 Aug 2005 00:48 GMT

>> need obd11 scanner.

I said without buying a code scanner as a lot of cars have built in
code reading capabilities.... anyone know about this?

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M.M. - 01 Aug 2005 01:30 GMT

>>>need obd11 scanner.
>
> I said without buying a code scanner as a lot of cars have built in
> code reading capabilities.... anyone know about this?

I don't think very many OBD-II cars have built in code reading
capability. The older ODB-I cars usually did.

Take it to AutoZone if the Check Engine light is on. They'll dump the
codes for free.

You can get a cheap OBD-II reader for less than $50. Be sure yours is
OBD-II, tho, some around that year are CAN.

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