[Shop-talk] OBD2 Scanner recommendations

[Ronnie Day]

The Project Farm YouTube channel (
https://www.youtube.com/@ProjectFarm/videos) has done at least one
comparison test. Good info.

On Sun, Jan 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM Jim Juhas <james.f.juhas at snet.net> wrote:

> Pat,
>
> The Autel sensors I installed work on both frequencies, 315 and 433 MHz,
> and from what I found, Mazda uses 315 MHz.
>
> I also found a procedure at Bartec that said to turn on the ignition, then
> turn it off, wait 15 minutes and then drive over 15 mph for a while and
> everything should register. It didn't. I tried the same steps but with
> triggering the sensors with the exciter tool I had purchased for this
> purpose, but that didn't do it, either. Bartec has a variety of tools for
> this, some priced under $200 and they are the only supplier I have found so
> far that lists a 2024 Mazda 3 in their literature.
>
>
>
> On 1/5/2025 7:54 PM, Pat Horne wrote:
>
> Have you used there TPMS sensors before? There are at least 2 frequencies
> that are used, maybe you have the wrong sensors.
>
> Pat Horne
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>
>
> On Jan 5, 2025, at 6:47 PM, James Juhas <james.f.juhas at snet.net>
> <james.f.juhas at snet.net> wrote:
>
> 
>
> All,
>
> I'm looking for a recommendation for an OBD2 scanner capable of accessing
> the TPMS re-learning procedure on our 2024 Mazda 3. I just put winter
> wheels and tires on the car with new TPMS sensors. In spite of the owners
> manual telling me that the system should automatically read the new IDs
> simply by driving a certain distance, that appears to not be the case. I
> can't find any way to trigger a re-learn procedure using the car's menu
> settings. So I figure an OBD2 Scanner of some sort would take care of this
> task, since I expect that's what the dealer would do. I expect needing to
> go to the dealer each time I switch wheels will soon exceed the cost of the
> scan tool.
>
> I do have a device that is supposed to wake up the sensors so that they
> will transmit their identity and data to the car's brain, but that didn't
> have any effect that I know of.
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