Toyota FJ Cruiser, 1996 Ford F-350 OTC 3111PRO Trilingual Scan Tool
It was shipped on Tuesday and I got it, it in mail, on Saturday. I've been repairing my own vehicles since 1969. So far the OTC 3111 Pro is working flawlessly. I have a 2008 Toyota FJ Cruiser, 1996 Ford F-350 Powerstroke and a 2007 Dodge Caliber. It read the Toyota and Dodge fine but, not the Ford. I hadn't updated it yet and so this was expected. On the first reading it gave some erroneous codes on the Toyota including ABS and SRS codes I knew were wrong. Erased them and did another scan and it did read correctly that the Toyota has a problem with the airbag system. It read all the Engine, ABS and SRS codes for both vehicles with no problems. Installing the software on the computer was a bit tricky. The first CD deck would not recognize the disk. Luckily, I have 2 CD/DVD read/write decks in my desktop. Put it in the second deck and it read it fine. Must be an aberration of not liking certain decks. The Scanning Suite installed fine. Proceeded to update the software to the 3111 Pro.
Toyota FJ Cruiser, 1996 Ford F-350 OTC 3111PRO Trilingual Scan Tool
When it went to look for the instrument it had to install a USB driver for it to communicate with the computer. I'm using Win 7 Ultimate 32 bit. It found the driver automatically and, installed it. If your using an older OS you may have to locate the driver or use a generic one and manually install it. Without it, it will not communicate with the scanner. It took approximately 6 minutes to do the update and it was done. Went back to the 1996 Ford 7.3L diesel and after manually putting in the information in on the truck, it now reads the codes for the engine. OTC stated in the look up sheet it would not read ABS or SRS codes for the F-350. I'm quit happy and surprised at how quickly it reads and all the functions it has. More testing of live data and other functions to come.Toyota FJ Cruiser, 1996 Ford F-350 OTC 3111PRO Trilingual Scan Tool
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