OBDLink MX Bluetooth and TORQUE application warning
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OBDLink MX Bluetooth and TORQUE application warning
I have the OBDLink MX that I used last year for FORSCAN, works great for that.
Last week I paid for the TORQUE app for my phone, connected the OBDLink and paired.
Cool, lots of stuff to monitor, if you want, program cost $5 I think. Lots of stuff you cannot see on you dashboard or with forscan is available. Again, thinking cool since I'm a mechanical guy... Useful, maybe not but to each his own.
Go for a drive and the following happens:
Pretty much every warning light that can come on and error that can pop up does:
- 911 not avail
- Sat Nav not avail
- Park sensor not avail
- Down hill descent not avail
You get the idea, a minute or two of hitting ok to get all these warnings off my dash screen,
Then of course I have a check engine line and wrench light.
Then while sitting at stop light, foot on brake behind a car (THIS IS DANGEROUS), the truck surges ahead like the accelerated was pushed in. I almost hit the car in front of me. Did it a few times on initial drive.
Got home safely without any insurance claims, some how..... Unplugged the monitor and all is now normal.
The transmission would slip a lot with that monitor and TORQUE program running, like you was suddenly in neutral, then clunk, back in gear.
Fluke? Not really, I did find one more post of almost the same think but he did not mention the surging at stop lights or transmission slipping.
Use this combo while driving could cause a wreck or damage you vehicle. POS combination.....
Use at your own risk!
Last week I paid for the TORQUE app for my phone, connected the OBDLink and paired.
Cool, lots of stuff to monitor, if you want, program cost $5 I think. Lots of stuff you cannot see on you dashboard or with forscan is available. Again, thinking cool since I'm a mechanical guy... Useful, maybe not but to each his own.
Go for a drive and the following happens:
Pretty much every warning light that can come on and error that can pop up does:
- 911 not avail
- Sat Nav not avail
- Park sensor not avail
- Down hill descent not avail
You get the idea, a minute or two of hitting ok to get all these warnings off my dash screen,
Then of course I have a check engine line and wrench light.
Then while sitting at stop light, foot on brake behind a car (THIS IS DANGEROUS), the truck surges ahead like the accelerated was pushed in. I almost hit the car in front of me. Did it a few times on initial drive.
Got home safely without any insurance claims, some how..... Unplugged the monitor and all is now normal.
The transmission would slip a lot with that monitor and TORQUE program running, like you was suddenly in neutral, then clunk, back in gear.
Fluke? Not really, I did find one more post of almost the same think but he did not mention the surging at stop lights or transmission slipping.
Use this combo while driving could cause a wreck or damage you vehicle. POS combination.....
Use at your own risk!
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Been running one for years with no issues as are a bunch of others. You possibly have a bad adapter but if you have torque setup for automatic protocol scan it will cause issues with the network and modules and cause them to lose connectivity. You need to hard code it to ISO 15765-4 CAN (11bit 500k baud).
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From: BC Canada
Son-of-a doing, I can use torque pro on my iPhone with my Forscan adapter for 5$ software. Holy crap what a revelation. Can you let us know how this setting works without the issues you mentioned?
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