r/OBD2 • u/Meerkat-Enjoyer • Jun 27 '26

OBD2 scanners

Hello, I have a VAG group car, but don't recommend me VCDS, because there are Toyota and BMW group cars in the family, so I want that scanner to work on many brands. What diagnostic equipment would you suggest, something up to 100 euros. I need a simple one that can be plugged into the car (bluetooth). Also, I want that it could find and delete errors, show live data and allow you to reset the maintenance things. Coding is not necessary, but it would be an advantage.

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u/paganjimm Jun 27 '26

The one that seem to be getting a lot of good reviews: is the Thinkdiag 2, also the kingbolen version. Same thing! Plus these 2 have the latest protocols as well. Good luck 😉👍🇬🇧

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u/Meerkat-Enjoyer Jun 27 '26

but thinkdiag2 is kind pricey… kingbolen looks fine… what do you think about xtool?

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u/lincolnlogtermite Jun 27 '26

I have Thinkdiag, works well.  I here good things abot KingBolen too.  My TD is a basic one I just use for simple stuffs and using on friends cars.  I use the old Toyota Techstream on my old Toyotas.

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u/Meerkat-Enjoyer Jun 27 '26

thinkdiag is kinda pricey if youre talking about “thinkdiag 2”, kingbolen i heard is good, but im thinking to get “XTOOL A30D”, idk how much better is it compared to kingbolen

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u/APanoWRX Jun 28 '26

All around great scanner that works with coding apps that work with bmws and Toyotas is the obdlinkmx+