Diagnostic Reader?

[Iael]

Hi, my wife got this warning light on her Ka last night

The low fuel warning sounded then this appeared, does anyone local to Balloch have a diagnostic code reader that could give us a step for a hint as to what is wrong?

Thanks in advance :)

[jeebowhite]

what year KA is she? although I cant help with the code reader offer, depending on the year (anything after 2004) you can get a modified elm cable, and use FORScan.

Take a look at my guides (in my signature) then look at "got an error on your car?" for more information.

[Iael]

It's a 2014, thanks for the reply!

[jeebowhite]

In which case, FORSCAN and a modified ELM cable should help you diagnose the exact error.

Total cost is about £15-£20 maximum and you will have a spot on diagnostic tool for any modern ford!

[delboy]

i use this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Auto-Fault-Diagnostic-Scanner-Code-Reader-Tool-Decode-OBD2-OBDII-CAN-New-UK-/151904311406?hash=item235e33d86e:g:PhAAAOSwp5JWXBc4

or this one will do the job

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Engine-Fault-Code-Scanner-Reader-Diagnostic-Reset-Tool-OBD-EOBD-2-CAN-BUS-UK-/141776293697?hash=item2102868f41:g:1O0AAOSwQPlV-Tvx

[jeebowhite]

The advantage of elm is that it diagnoses all errors including door modules, abs, srs etc

And you can use it with elm config or focccus

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[Omendata]

According to a few people you dont need an obd device you can do it with the car itself and the dashboard.

Check this - never tried it myself as I have an professional OBD scanner laptop for various vehicles but might be worth a shot and save you a wait and a few quid!

http://www.fordownersclub.com/forums/topic/1486-focus-dashboard-secret-trick/page-2

[iantt]

The advantage of elm is that it diagnoses all errors including door modules, abs, srs etc

And you can use it with elm config or focccus

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will it work on ka?

As basically its a fiat with fiat electrical systems, even ford ids struggles to work on ka

[iantt]

Take it to your local ford dealer as its still under warranty.

[jeebowhite]

Agree with the warranty but the dash trick is good but unreliable as the codes mostly need translating

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[iantt]

Not sure you can do the dash trick on later ka.

[Iael]

Thanks for the help guys, warning light switched itself off! So hopefully it stays off

[jeebowhite]

Good job. If the error doesn't occur for a number of startups after the error registers it does clear itself down which is likely what's happened here.

I definitely recommend getting yourself a cable though

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