With so many electrical components in today's vehicles, many shops are purchasing diagnostic equipment to help troubleshoot their trucks and trailers and avoid paying the fees that many dealerships charge in order to use their equipment. There are a variety of heavy duty scanners on the market including Noregon's JPRO Heavy Duty Software Fleets 11201-11206, Nexiq's Pro-Link IQ 188001 and OTC's Genisys with Heavy Duty Standard OTC3871HD. All three of these scanners offer users the ability to read and clear fault codes, set parameters, view running live and stored data, and troubleshoot their trucks.
It is easy to read trouble codes from a heavy duty vehicle with the help of any of the aforementioned diagnostic equipment. With so many different tools and brands being available, it is important to do your research and find the tool that best suits your needs. If you need the best diagnostic information out there, look to the factory OEM software suite. Allison 888005 supports the 1000, 2000, WTEC and CEC1 models and will come with a special key code to unlock the information on your Nexiq IQ scanner.
With the Nexiq Allison Software Suite (1K/2K, WTEC, CEC1 only) for Pro-Link iQ - CD/DVD Rom & Access Code, you will be able to diagnose your trucks without ever worrying about expiration dates or renewal costs! With the Allison Software Suite, you can view and clear proprietary trouble codes, set OEM data parameters, perform advanced functional tests, and do your own reprogramming.
Owning a heavy duty scanner equipped with factory OEM software can save the average shop thousands of dollars every year and is well worth the initial purchase price of the unit. Most of the manufacturers offer one year warranties and have great technical support hotlines. We also offer Nexiq's Heavy Duty Fault Code Guide 906008 which helps give you definitions and probable causes for the codes that your diagnostic scanner is picking up.
