My understading of the matter is this: The ODBII (onboard diagnostic ___ 2) codes are required to be on cars sold in the US. This means that anyone can buy a code reader and read the ODBII codes off their car. However, the ODBII codes are not as useful as the OEM codes (standard was set in the 90s, I believe) and the issue here is about the availability of the OEM codes. I worked for a small private garage for a while, and while they did specialize in porsches, the computer was only available from porsche and it was a 6 figure pricetag. I believe that the Ford computer is in the 6 figure range aswell.
This is just my understanding of things though, I have been wrong before and I'd put money on it happening again.
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whoops, forgot half of my thought. The computer was needed for newer cars ~2000+ if I am remembering things correctly
My understading of the matter is this: The ODBII (onboard diagnostic ___ 2) codes are required to be on cars sold in the US. This means that anyone can buy a code reader and read the ODBII codes off their car. However, the ODBII codes are not as useful as the OEM codes (standard was set in the 90s, I believe) and the issue here is about the availability of the OEM codes. I worked for a small private garage for a while, and while they did specialize in porsches, the computer was only available from porsche and it was a 6 figure pricetag. I believe that the Ford computer is in the 6 figure range aswell.
This is just my understanding of things though, I have been wrong before and I'd put money on it happening again.