Is there a new ODB standard?

**Hcomplyr** · 07-22-2005, 07:17 PM

I read somewhere that the 2006+ vehicles are supposed to support a new data standard. seeing as I have a 2006 Toyota Solara I wanted to make sure before I dropped money on an interface that wouldn't work.

Anyone hear anything about it?

**rushnrockt** · 07-22-2005, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by Hcomplyr

I read somewhere that the 2006+ vehicles are supposed to support a new data standard. seeing as I have a 2006 Toyota Solara I wanted to make sure before I dropped money on an interface that wouldn't work.

Anyone hear anything about it?

CAN? 2008?

**fixerofallthing** · 07-22-2005, 09:56 PM

It is not a new "standard" but a faster abetter way to do what it already does. The CAN interface (controller area network) is a different way for the different systems to communicate with each other. The "old" standard was a simple serial interface. To communicate with the "new" standard cars you will need a CAN enabled interface. Most scanners can be retrofitted with an adapter that will allow them to with these vehicles.

You can read about it here.
http://www.interfacebus.com/Design_Connector_CAN.html

**Eclipsed830** · 07-22-2005, 11:07 PM

No, it is going to be the same. The new parts of OBDII is something called Mode $06, its not exactly new, but it isn't used much.

Here is an article my teacher wrote on it.

http://asttraining.com/Files/Mode6%20OBD%20II.pdf

**rushnrockt** · 07-23-2005, 12:49 AM

Originally Posted by Eclipsed830

No, it is going to be the same. The new parts of OBDII is something called Mode $06, its not exactly new, but it isn't used much.

Here is an article my teacher wrote on it.

http://asttraining.com/Files/Mode6%20OBD%20II.pdf

So i just wasted several minutes of perfectly good time and nowhere in that article does it ever say about it becoming a standard in 2006 or any other point of time. Care to give some useful links?