What year does OBD-II take effect?

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Mar 23, 2012 | 07:40 PM

Aune163rd

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What year does OBD-II take effect?

Do I have the code reader thingymabob your talking about in the forums here?:

1994 Ford Ranger 2.3l 4cyl...2wd 5 spd SC Fleetside box....

Mar 23, 2012 | 09:44 PM

ranger pat

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OBD II started with 1996 model year.

Mar 24, 2012 | 08:42 AM

pawpaw

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Don't know what code reader you have, as you didn't post a link to it.

ranger pat is right, all 96 vhicles were to be OBD-2, but some 95 models were a mix of OBD-1 & OBD-2 & your 94 Ranger is OBD-1, so you'll find its DLC under hood & will need a code reader, or scantool that'll hook up to its (DLC) connector.

However on your OBD-1 system you don't need a code reader or scantool to pull any trouble codes, you can use the dash CEL to blink/read stored trouble code numbers, by following instructions posted in the "Tech Info" thread atop this forums thread listing page.

Mar 24, 2012 | 12:01 PM

Rogue_Wulff

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Originally Posted by ranger pat

OBD II started with 1996 model year.

My 95 is OBD-II, and I've heard some Ca 94's were as well.
OBD-I has a reader port under the hood.
OBD-II has a reader port under the dash, near the hood release.

Mar 26, 2012 | 11:24 AM

easygoin4

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I have a 1995 Ranger- and I was baffled as to why it had the connector under the dash and all the reading I found said 95 was OBDI.
Nice to see that mine is OBDII and I can use my code reader.
Thanks for the post...
Now if I can only figure out how to pull trans codes w/o taking to a shop...