I have a software program on the PDA which connects to the OBD
interface of cars and displays the statistics on the PDA screens and
does other profiling etc.
Although I know cars sold in US after 1996 need to have OBD, I wish to
know if the Corollas sold in UAE (Dubai) through Al futtaim, have OBD
on board?

Thanks in advance
Suraj

On 14 Nov 2006 23:15:00 -0800, "suraj" <suraj.joneja@gmail.com> wrote:

>I have a software program on the PDA which connects to the OBD
>interface of cars and displays the statistics on the PDA screens and
>does other profiling etc.
>Although I know cars sold in US after 1996 need to have OBD, I wish to
>know if the Corollas sold in UAE (Dubai) through Al futtaim, have OBD
>on board?
>
>Thanks in advance
>Suraj

I do not know, since I'm not in the UAE. But if the cars have
electronic fuel injection they most likely do have OBD-II ports on
them, because that's an integral part of the computer system. The
only way to find out for sure is to look or ask someone locally who
knows.

That said, for a while I know they were building two versions of
many Toyota cars during the transition period - the EFI and OBD-II for
the US and Europe bound cars where emissions have always been tightly
regulated, and carbureted cars with standard electronic ignition for
the 'Third World' areas where you can not count on having access to
trained mechanics with OBD-II scanners and other fancy tools.

The carbureted "old school" cars have lower power output and fuel
efficiency, but you can still fix them with "field expedient methods"
- a Leatherman Multi-Tool, Timing light, Tach/Dwell/Voltmeter, Baling
Wire, Bubblegum and Duct Tape. ;-)

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"suraj" <suraj.joneja@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1163574900.373644.57950@m73g2000cwd.googlegro ups.com...
>I have a software program on the PDA which connects to the OBD
> interface of cars and displays the statistics on the PDA screens and
> does other profiling etc.
> Although I know cars sold in US after 1996 need to have OBD, I wish to
> know if the Corollas sold in UAE (Dubai) through Al futtaim, have OBD
> on board?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Suraj
>

I do not have a definitive answer to your question, but the diagnostic port
for OBD II has the same shape as a parallel port for a computer printer,
while the older generation of Toyota on-board diagnostics is round. Some
OBD II vehicles have 2 ports under the dash - the OBD standard port and an
extra diagnostic port, while the older generation will not have a port
shaped like OBD II.
--

Ray O
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