If you only have one choice, that doesn’t mean it’s the best choice.
This argument is why OEM vs Aftermarket should never end either. Competition forced all tool makers to do more and sooner that’s a good thing. Those times have changed, even as the vehicles have become more complex. Fifteen years ago, aftermarket scan tools struggled with one or more car makers. It’s no secret that aftermarket tools have made huge inroads to being very competitive to the OEM tools.
(I have heard arguments that it’s two years behind, but I don’t know of a single quality scan tool today that far behind.) The argument is that late-model coverage is always a year or less behind the vehicle production for aftermarket tools. Market pressure does a really good job of ensuring that.
#Oem ford diagnostic tool license
For quality tool makers that purchase and properly license the same OEM sourced data streams used to make OEM’s tools, they have only themselves to ensure that the coverage is implemented and tested. So just to be clear, what the OEMs are saying is, they know theirs works, and those that license the data may too. The OEMs aren’t the ones to ask if aftermarket tools are capable. How can you argue that the car that just rolled off the assembly line is so important to your argument, then say the other 15 years prior isn’t? At the body shops we service, the issue isn’t last month’s model that stops production, it’s the bulk of prior model year vehicles. What’s interesting is that those making the OEM-only argument for late-model coverage side-steps the fact that most scan-tools (Even OEM) have limited current year coverage. To set the record straight, some OEMs do have written positions statements that state they do not endorse any scan tool that isn’t their own, not because those tools fail to perform the tasks, but because OEMs simply don’t have any interest or budget in becoming a validation process for aftermarket tools. OEM’s embrace the quality aftermarket scan tool providers as a resource for their own scan tools as well as a necessary partner to provide quality scan tools to properly service their valued customers vehicles.Ī debate has been pre-occupying the collision repair industry fueled by those with a vested interest in making the claim of “OEM-only scan-tools” are contributing to the confusion. AirPro Diagnostics is proud to be listed in the “OBD-II Enhanced” category of this industry publication. One resource available is the PTEN Scan Tool Guide for OBD-II Generic and OBD-II Enhanced.
It is important for the repair community to understand the fundamental differences. Who do you think manufacturers OEM Scan Tools? Companies such as Bosch, Autel and other “aftermarket scan tool manufacturers.” When shopping for new spark plugs or an air filter, you don’t think twice about using an Aftermarket part for the job.
#Oem ford diagnostic tool software
As you may know I come from the mechanical industry and worked for a number of OEM’s on early development, implementation and programming of OBD-II software and calibrations. So even the mention of the word “aftermarket” sends shivers down the spines of quality collision repairers. From headlights to fenders and even structural parts, repairers have been saddled with the push to use these parts whether they fit or not or are questionable OEM equivalent. I understand the collision repair community has fundamental challenges with aftermarket parts used in the repair of vehicles. By: Chuck Olsen, Executive Director of Operations at AirPro Diagnostics
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