The world of car diagnostics has changed a lot over the last 50 years. Back in the '70s and earlier, a mechanic's most valuable diagnostic tools were usually their eyes and ears. You could figure out ...

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Car trouble got you down? When diagnosing a problem in any modern vehicle, your first plan of attack should be to check under the steering wheel. Then plug in a diagnostic tool to your OBD2 port and ...

“It places diagnostic control firmly in the driver’s seat.” For nearly 30 years, carmakers have equipped every new vehicle sold with an OBD2 port in arm’s reach of the steering wheel. Originally ...

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If you have a car from 1996 or newer, this Black Friday and Cyber Monday holiday shopping season is a great time to grab an OBD2 scanner to read check-engine lights when one pops up. Right now, ...

Diagnostic markers are biological parameters that aid the diagnosis of diseases. Examples include the presence of particular genetic variants and the levels of particular proteins in body fluids. In a ...

You know that moment when the check engine light flickers on and suddenly your car feels like it’s speaking a language you didn’t study in school? Most of us panic, or we just ignore it—until the ...