What's the absolute best, cheapest scanner you can get for pennies on the low? I've seen a couple going for sale on Amazon for as low as 15 bucks. My buddy also bought a Hyper Tough from Walmart when his Snap-On scanner wouldn't clear the codes on a Jeep Grand Cherokee.

You found it. Some chinkshit $15 one off amazon. They work fine.

>>28532026 (OP)
I've used $5 generic ELM327 or whatever readers before but they either die or become flaky as fuck and hard to connect to the vehicle or your device. I splurged on one of these and it's been fast and reliable so far.

>>28532026 (OP)
>My buddy also bought a Hyper Tough from Walmart
Then why not get the same one if he had success with it?

You have to search chinkshit+ oem brand. Generic scanners read ECU only.

>>28532026 (OP)
>Jeep Grand Cherokee

this + cracked copy of AlfaOBD. Dealer level scanner functions for $30

>>28532026 (OP)

holy shit this might be a god send of a thread for me. Does anyone know shit about hacking into an ECU for a 7th gen honda? I bought a car pi hat and I'm interested in mining data off of it, but I hear that to even get that data you need to bypass some car manufacturers obd2 since all it does is spit out emissions related stuff and not give exhaustive details.

>>28532255
CM accord? I can tell you what the CAN pids do if you give me a few mins.
also there's a backdoor in the OBD port that lets you read out the ECU and change arbitrary RAM. 0x8282..

A paperclip to jump the ODB port and read the code on the dashboard lights.
Your fingers to pull the ECU fuse and reset engine codes.
Total cost: $0.01 for the paperclip.

>>28532026 (OP)
My tool exploded in yer mum
The cheapest scanner is free - auto parts store free check engine light scan