Nice review! Pretty decent for the price. I still use mine for when I just want t a quick peek at some live data. However, the overall best bang for your buck is the Xtool A30M. Give that one a whirl.
@@katzenpapa Thanks for the response. The a30m sounds pretty good. Think I'm gonna pick up both. Hoping the bluedriver is worth it for service bulletins and repair help.
My opinion is everyone should have one as it’s cheap and reusable. Not to mention made in beautiful Newfoundland and Labrador!!! I’ll have one for the rest of my driving days
this is a terrible review. it looks like two kids who didn't do their homework. if they spent some time before making the video they would be able to explain mode 6. and mode 6 is very useful.
Will never happen. In fact you have fewer rights on newer cars. And you basically have no rights with electric cars. You have to sign a user agreement that gives the manufacturer full control of the vehicle. You can't even use a tire the company doesn't approve of.
@Veikra I understand why it's important. But people are going about it the wrong way. You can't expect the Gov to handle everything. We seem to have forgotten the purpose for the government. Back in the 90s, when the vehicle stated, Depending on computers, GM locked out there software. Customers said, Hell no, this is unexeptable, and GM sales dropped like a rock. The standard OBD port was adopted, and you were allowed access to the software. All car makers followed, and then the Gov required all US vehicles to have an OBD port with access to the system. Then, in 2009 the Gov changed this and allowed hybrid cars to be a closed platform. And no one complained. Much like your cellphone you own the hardware that's it. You don't even owne the information you put in the phone. Say you have a Samsung or Apple phone. In the user agreement, you give away all rights to every photo,document,& email on that device. All because it's not your software that runs the device. The exact same rules are being used in the car industry.
What's really annoying is cars now come with screens perfectly capable of showing this data in realtime all the hardware is literally in front of you already but we still have to bust out a dongle & smartphone just to see what the engine light is warning us
does it read duel tank pressure sensor? temp of transmission? current sensor of charging system? seems most reviews cover the basics where all do the same basic functionality
It’s impossible to check everything on every car. Go to their website and check the compatibility for the car here: us.bluedriver.com/pages/compatibility
@@automotiveinsight Let me ask you this, I own a 2010 Toyota Yaris and it tends to take off very slow at a red stop, to the point that I get honked at, for not picking up speed as quickly as it should, but there is no check engine light, and the car even passed smog under those same circumstance, so my question is, will this device diagnose the problem? and if so, what icons options should I click on off the screen or should I focus on or which if not just one?
@@alexshatner3907maybe. The real question is is it an engine problem or a transmission problem. I would create a custom data list with what gear it’s in, maf, calc load, fuel trims, misfires, and map if it has it. But being a Toyota tech myself, you’ll most likely have to check a lot of stuff old school: fuel pressure, vacuum reading, etc. if you need a scan tool, check out the topscan. We just did a review of it. It’s a much more capable tool for about half the price of this.
Mode 6 data is invaluable and you do not show any livestream data or anything... no wonder why this video isn't sponsored. Everything you've shown can be found in your owners manual or online for free. Mechanics want to know what live data, PID's and graphing abilities it has. Epic fail...
2006 Honda Civic coupe the port is in a horrible place. You have to lay upside down, and squeeze it bewteen the heater vent and the dash... and won't connect to boot...
BlueDriver is a cool tool but at the end of the day is pretty much a code reader with not much more functionality and therefore overpriced nowadays. Amazon reviews are a bit misleading. Also not as functional with non US vehicles.
Hi. I have very small garage. Can you pleas suggest me a Professional workshop Car diagnosis OBD scanner?. Under 700dollars. For Lifetime update and unlimited VIN
We're fans of the Topdon brand. We have a video of their Topscan product to give you an idea of their capability. For that price, I would look into their Phoenix Lite lineup. I have their Artidiag Pro and have been quite impressed with it for about a year now. Launch, Kingoblen, Topdon, and Thinktool use the same software.
Depends on the car. If it has a pid for it, then yes. But some cars (mostly fords) don’t. You have to do a power balance test to see which cylinder is causing the issue. This tool doesn’t have that capability.
@@automotiveinsight I don't have a data package with my cellular phone provider, only talk n text on my Android device, can i download and run Blue Driver strictly off my homes wifi? Thks
Inducing faults, unless it’s with a known bad part, isn’t realistic. But I have used it in other cars with issues and it was correct more often than not.
It has some nice integrated features in the app that are convenient, but as far as capabilities, the topscan from topdon is far better. We’re stockpiling footage of us using it for a later video to compare.
@@zteburner5882 I really like the Topscan from Topdon. It’s set up pretty much the same as the blue driver, but is far more capable and cheaper. You can check their website to see if that function is available for your car. I also have the Topdon Artidiag pro and I’m sure it will do it. It ran about $400.
We got 5 for free for being pros, after that it's $9.11/each. ATG & I say good for children to play around but way too expensive when you can go to store for them to check for free.
We actually hooked it up to an 07 Lexus ls460 that had a ton of codes in different ecu’s and it read all of them. Not only that, the majority of the “most common repairs” were actually correct. The other codes were cause by rodent damage to the wiring harness which I wouldn’t expect any scan tool to be able to diagnose.
A lot of fords don’t have live misfire data pids. You have to use the power balance function or look in mode 6 data (that is configured to the brand) to determine which cylinder is misfiring.
This is an annoying shitty device that takes ages to load anything,had one and throwed it in the garbage Amazon typical low quality crap If you are a profesional dont buy it
Don't waste your money on bluedriver I bought one 2020 for 120€ it is not good it suppose to work for airbag and lots other things, but it's very limited with expensive OBD scanners I find lots of codes but bluedriver find either nothing or 1-2 code and airbag nah not working for that. Don't buy that bluedriver it's not good it is waste!
If you go on the bluedriver site you see that it is only for vehicles sold in north america, and abs and srs is only offered on vehicles after certain date with some makes for example 2003 or later for honda, 2008 or later for mitsubishi. Ford or gm it is 1996 or later which is the year of mandatory obd2 in canada and us. If the vehicle is for the european market bluedriver is liable not to work at all. Maybe the marketing is misleading, I have seen a number of reports of people in europe crapping on bluedriver, but this is what blue driver is
