Bluetooth vs Wired OBD2 scanner

[John Lyman]

All - I'm about to jump into having fun with Forscan (Goodby XM) and few other things. So looking at the OBD2 connectors I can go wired or bluetooth. My question is can I accomplish the same thing with the BT adapter connected to a windows computer as I can with a wired? Are there any issue using the BT over the wired (i.e. dropping connection while updating). Any advice will be very appreciated.

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[12Bravo20]

My personal preference is for a wired connection. I have used blue tooth OBD2 readers and they tend to lose connection a bit. A lost connection is one thing when reading codes but it can be bad if trying to write to the computer modules.

 

[Jason B]

Wired is the best way because of what 12Bravo20 said. Chances of a dropped signal with Blue Tooth rise with the amount of time it takes to program ECU. Don't risk bricking your truck due to poor BT signals.

 

[John Lyman]

Thank you - I'm sold on the wired version. I had a feeling that would be answer.

 

[Trigganometry]

On the Forscan website they state it is preferable to use a wired connection. The possibility of bricking your unit with a wireless connection is far greater

 

[jflogerzi]

wired for sure. now if you just reading data for performance metrics Bluetooth is fine for sure.

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