Trouble codes resetting

The diagnosis of the on-board car system is not something new, but it remains the basic stage of diagnosing the serviceability of the car. There are signals on the dashboard panel, that are lighted to inform the driver about the malfunction or some systems' activation. For example, the car informs when the cruise control was turned on, or some signals inform about problems, like oil pressure warning and check engine light warning. The last one may hide several DTC codes, which in turn indicate a malfunction. Thanks to modern technology, drivers can detect these errors and clear engine codes using a mobile application on a smartphone. Next, we will talk about this in more detail.

Why you might need DTC reset

DTCs refers to diagnostic trouble codes - these are the engine fault codes, generated by a vehicle’s onboard diagnostics (OBD2) system, to indicate vehicle malfunction. Modern mobile applications OBD2 diagnostics offer users to decipher these errors, so even an inexperienced driver has the opportunity to understand why the engine check signal caught fire. However, any problem needs to be solved, especially when these issues relate to cars and road safety.
Drivers need to reset car codes, and this can also be done using the app. The advantage of OBD2 applications is that drivers can carry out daily diagnostics that take a couple of minutes. With the application, you can identify more serious issues and contact the technical service in time. Ignoring the engine signals can lead to more serious and sometimes dangerous results.

Methods of erasing codes without a scanner

To diagnose through a smartphone, you must have an ELM327 adapter. What is it and what choice we wrote here. However, if there was a situation when the engine check signal is on the road, and you do not have an adapter for diagnostics. In this case, it is better to contact a specialist, who can clear engine codes.

In case, if you are on the go and can't visit a repair shop, there is a method where you can erase codes on car yourself without an app and adapter. For example, you can disconnect the battery. This method is not useful, in addition, it requires attention, time and further settings. In addition to resetting errors, the radio and clock parameters, etc., will also be cancelled.

Step one. Switch off the engine. Take care of your safety, the engine should not work.
Step two. Open the hood and find the car battery.
Step three. Disconnect the terminal with the indicator "-," this can be done using a wrench.
Step four. Reset the remaining energy in the condenser, turn on/off the light, air conditioning - something that works from the battery.
Step five. Wait 15 minutes.
Step six. Connect the "-" terminal back using the wrench.
Step seven. Start the car, in case of successful error reset, the indicator will not light up.

That is the solution how to clear codes on car without professional help or OBD2 app.

Use inCarDoc to clear DTC

One of the main InCarDoc functions is vehicle diagnostics and trouble codes checking. You can easily install InCarDoc on your phone. The app supports Android and iOS operating systems. Before you start working on cleaning DTC. Firstly, you need to connect your smartphone (on which InCarDoc is installed) to the car using the OBD-II adapter.

For adapter connection, you can use a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Plug-in adapter to the port under the steering column. Thereafter, open the app and connect the adapter to the smartphone via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. You will see the main screen of the InCarDoc application.

How to reset obd2 scanner? In case of connection problems or strange behavior of the car electronics when connecting the adapter, you need to reconnect it. If the problem persists, you should choose another OBD2 adapter.

Then you can observe such options:

• "General information"

• "Dynamic parameters"

• "Diagnostic Trouble Codes"

• "Logbook"

"Diagnostic trouble codes" function will help you to deal with your issues of resetting and removing trouble codes. This specific option also allows saving, viewing and clearing error codes with the ability to view the saved parameters. You can view the following trouble codes groups: Current. Expected, Saved. 

When you press the CLEAR button, you clear fault codes. It is also easy and simple to send the data of the trouble codes to the e-mail using the SEND button. If you click on SAVE, you automatically save the trouble codes for it's viewing in «OBD records». We want to remind you that you can not delete error codes while driving a car. Everything is as easy as a pie than you can imagine. InCarDoc does all the hard work, which in turn allows use the full potential of your car. 

For any clarifications, you can visit our portal where you can ask questions to developers and also share your experience with other drivers. This can be, for example, the indicators of your results for diagnostics and clearing trouble codes. More information can be found on our official website.