Creader V do nothing

[eduardo74]

I already buy two Creader V from two differenet seller from China.

First one, I send back after one week and decide to buy another.

First test was on Renault Scenic II 2004 1.9dci, it cannot read any DTC just hangup and reset, but can read some sensors status and values 100% correct. Then I was try Opel Corsa 1.7dti from 2003 it can read fault codes but nothing else, no sensor reading. After that test it on few VW from 2003, 2004 and cannot read nothing. Later test on VW Sharan 2.0 TDI from 2008 with service light (oil change) but cannot clear it, but unit read correctly sensor values. I was test it on Fiat Doblo 1.2 8v from 2001 and cannot read dtc, but some false sensor reading.... etc

With second unit same problems...

Anyone have experience with creaders (clones) from China?

Maybe we should try updates?

[oldford]

One for the dust-bin I guess.
Even a working one will not reset the service light (oil change), because that is not supported under the OBD2/EOBD standards.
For VW use VCDS, that will give you near dealer level.
For Opel use Op-com, also near dealer level.

[eduardo74]

This comes from web at every seller home:
The new Creader Vis unique among OBDII/EOBD scan tools.Features:

Reads all OBDII/EOBD-compliant cars, EVEN the Mk1 Focus!
Clears faults and puts out the MIL light
...
Sound good, but doing nothing

[oldford]

Unique it is. In being very, very, very unreliable.

Diesels do NOT have to comply with EOBD until 2004.
So the Corsa and maybe some of the VW's (with diesel engines) were not compliant.

[paro44]

This comes from web at every seller home:
The new Creader Vis unique among OBDII/EOBD scan tools.Features:

Reads all OBDII/EOBD-compliant cars, EVEN the Mk1 Focus!
Clears faults and puts out the MIL light
...

Sound good, but doing nothing

I guess, it can only clear the mil light (check engine light) and cannot reset any other dtcs than the obdii.
Do you have an elm interface to check if your tested cars support obdii?

[eduardo74]

ELM can test most of it, but not corsa C and old VW.
Should be maybe not compliant

[Remapking]

This comes from web at every seller home:

The new Creader Vis unique among OBDII/EOBD scan tools.Features:

Reads all OBDII/EOBD-compliant cars, EVEN the Mk1 Focus!
Clears faults and puts out the MIL light
...
Sound good, but doing nothing

You answered your own question.. It doesnt mention service/oil Light..

Also Most of the cars you mentioned are not OBD2 compliant as diesels are only compliant 2004+ (Not 2004 registered and 2003 built)

[valli]

You bought exactly what was advertising "Reads all OBDII/EOBD-compliant cars" , what you did not know is cars after 2004 must be OBD standard compliant only in US , most of newest European cars are still not OBD compliant , so best way is to test before with a cheap interface like elm if car is obd compliant

[oldford]

most of newest European cars are still not OBD compliant
??? European cars also have to comply to an Exhaust emission law, in this case it's called EOBD. And it's in effect for petrol passenger cars from 2001, diesel passenger cars from 2004.
All public records, which can be found on the site of the European Community.