Thank you! 👍Yes, they're a must on some newer or high end cars. I like the plug in memory saver if you have another vehicle or 12v battery available. This is nice for the ease of portability though.
Once AGAIN Jonny you have come up with a video that is SO useful!! It is amazing how you always seem to think of everyday helps for me. And obviously by the phenomenal growth of your channel many many others. Thank you young Brother!!
Never heard of that thing. What a genius move. Unfortunately, I have a push button start and no way to use it. Always good to see your videos and your attitude filled with sunshine. You and your family have a wonderful and safe 4th of July weekend. 👍🏼
@@robran53 Everything shuts down when the car is turned off and the cigarette lighter plug turns off when car is. However, there must be something in place as it takes about 10 minutes for the computer to reset itself. Have never lost any settings.
Thank you Chuck! Hope you have a great 4th as well! 🎆 If you check owner's manual there is usually a way you can essentially set it to the accessory setting with push button vehicles 👍
@@Charlielizard I think you can use a battery booster pack ... just clip the booster pack cables onto your battery cables BEFORE removing your battery cables from your battery. This will supply your car with an un-interrupted source of power the whole time. Leave them connected until you re-connect your battery cables to your new battery. You can then safely un-clip them. All settings will have been saved!
You can get one that connects to your odb port and will keep it powered. As others have said you can also connect a booster pack, if you're using this method think it through as you won't want the wires to touch the car metal, or you. If you can get a friend to hold the wires, good, if not you might want to get some cardboard and some masking tape to quickly and easily secure the wires out of the way.... Also if you have two buddies you can use a trick a call out repair did on my dad's when he got stuck in middle.of nowhere. Now you'll want to Google this but this is what I seen them do. One held the red wire and red connector on the old battery, the other held the black wire and black connector on the old battery. My dad lifted the battery out and put it on the engine, the. Slotted the new one in, the guy holding the red connected the red cable, then let go of the red on the old battery, then the guy holding the black connected the black and let go of the Old battery.
You disconnected and reconnected the battery with ignition key on...Never a good idea. I just replace my battery. This will empty out all the OBD codes, and reset any "check engine" lights too. Over time these codes will be repopulated. As for radio codes, I have my favorites written on paper and don't mind putting them back in manually. If my car was due for yearly inspection I would use this gizmo and try to save the computer codes. Otherwise I would not.
You're right, but certain vehicles you must do it this way or problems can arise. I actually like the one you plug into the obd2 port then another car or 12v battery best
This is so cool, thanks for the video! Do you know how long the memory plug stays working? I’m not trying to change my battery yet - it’s just really dirty in that spot and I need some time to take it out and clean under it and connect it back.
The 9v cant last too long, if needing to do for a while I'd get the obd2 port wire that connects to either another 12v battery or cigarette lighter like this one amzn.to/338kHV7
Excellent vídeo, excellent job, excellent information, thank you so much for share your beautiful vídeo, now, what year is the car? Thank you, thank you, thank you
Hi Mr Jonny, its same or not if we use 9V battery, but the cable from 9V battery we straight away we connect to positive and negetive terminal cable in bonet?
I think you need the little gadget as it has a diode in it. You can hook up another spare 12v battery to the leads while swapping. Ive done that carefully hooked with jumper cables to another car's battery
Yeah I like those too. They have them where you can connect directly to another 12v battery or another car's cigarette lighter. I may get one of those to have on hand too 👍
@@JonnyDIY They have more power too, so you don't have to disconnect any lights. I have three vehicles where you can take the battery out without causing any problems except for the radio pre-sets, but newer cars require that you use a power back-up to prevent problems with the computer(s). So having a good back-up is a must for these newer cars. 👍👍👍
It worked just be careful because its only 9v. If have access to another 12v battery I would get the cord that connects from your obd2 port to another cars or spare 12v battery
