OP
OP
SpareParts
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First, I need to say I have no real scanner experience. I do own a Snap-On Solus Pro that is supposed to work for 2009 and earlier vehicles. It will read the wife's 2014 Avalanche and tests the systems fine.
My other troubleshooter device is Torque Pro.
Got this TopDon scanner today.
Once you make an account with TopDon you can update it to the latest software. Took about a 1/2 hour.
First thing I did after getting it all set up was do a full system scan.
23 systems were scanned. 9 were detected with DTC's for a total of 21 DTC's
Most are history codes that I assume happened when I bought it and the battery was almost totally dead related to loosing communication with BCM.
3 codes are hard faults. Lumbar support, Lift gate module and the other I don't remember but was minor also.
The Solus Pro showed nothing except "Lost communication with Module" when looking at the BCM. Well what module? No way to tell I could find. I assumed Tail gate or Suspension.
The new scanner seems fast enough for me when switching screens.
It will test and operate all the systems on my 07 Yukon XL Denali. I would assume it will do that for all but the newest ones?
The scanner told me my Lift gate module has a short to ground. Maybe it is, maybe not. I'll need to test it on the bench, I think.
It can diagnose Active suspension and test it.
It has the ability to activate all shocks individually for testing. It has and can graph all 4 shocks together or singly for live data.
I did not think to try an ALC, Bump stop or ride height trim reset.
You can save a Health report of all systems or an individual system report to a file for later reference.
I did not get to fiddle with it enough today but for sure will this weekend.
First impressions are I'm impressed and very pleased with the scanner. I'm positive it will be a great benefit when working on my vehicles or other people's cars.
Lift Gate
Suspension Module
My other troubleshooter device is Torque Pro.
Got this TopDon scanner today.
Once you make an account with TopDon you can update it to the latest software. Took about a 1/2 hour.
First thing I did after getting it all set up was do a full system scan.
23 systems were scanned. 9 were detected with DTC's for a total of 21 DTC's
Most are history codes that I assume happened when I bought it and the battery was almost totally dead related to loosing communication with BCM.
3 codes are hard faults. Lumbar support, Lift gate module and the other I don't remember but was minor also.
The Solus Pro showed nothing except "Lost communication with Module" when looking at the BCM. Well what module? No way to tell I could find. I assumed Tail gate or Suspension.
The new scanner seems fast enough for me when switching screens.
It will test and operate all the systems on my 07 Yukon XL Denali. I would assume it will do that for all but the newest ones?
The scanner told me my Lift gate module has a short to ground. Maybe it is, maybe not. I'll need to test it on the bench, I think.
It can diagnose Active suspension and test it.
It has the ability to activate all shocks individually for testing. It has and can graph all 4 shocks together or singly for live data.
I did not think to try an ALC, Bump stop or ride height trim reset.
You can save a Health report of all systems or an individual system report to a file for later reference.
I did not get to fiddle with it enough today but for sure will this weekend.
First impressions are I'm impressed and very pleased with the scanner. I'm positive it will be a great benefit when working on my vehicles or other people's cars.
Lift Gate
Suspension Module
