You should be living in fear because any rough mechanic can just plugin and clear your check engine light right now. Scary times
this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2025
67 points (100.0% liked)
Right to Repair
3156 readers
1 users here now
Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.
Summary video by Marques Brownlee
Great channel covering and advocating right to repair, Lewis Rossman
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
OBDII tools are cheap, can get em for $5 from ali express
And OBDII is only a thing because laws mandated that all vehicles needed to comply with the same communication requirements.
More and more vehicle mfgs are putting critical repair and diagnostic information outside the regulated OBDII protocols, and refusing to allow others access to that protocol.