I used a friends scanner to diagnose some issues I'm having and I am getting multiple P0216 codes. I would like to buy my own scanner. Any recomendations?

 

You can normally borrow/rent a scanner from a reputable autoparts store. If you want to buy one, Actron scanners, you can pick them up at Pep Boys or any chain autoparts store, although I'd be saving my dollars for a new IP, if I was you!

 

I heard that!! This will be painfull.

Thanks

 

Get a HRVP, it may be painfull but fun..

dan

 

What issues are you having? P0216 means you need a Vp-44 =\
I'm not sure which years it works on, but I can turn the key on three times and get codes on my odometer readout.

 

You can't get all the codes with the key cycle thing. Sometimes you just get a code that says there was a companion coded stored in the other computer. You have to use a scanner to pull that companion code to see what it actually is.

If I was going to buy a scanner, I think I'd look at a Smarty.

 

what do you have to do cycle the key three times and it will spill out the codes on the odometer?

 

Yes, I think it only works on post 1998.5 trucks though. Or something like that. I have a 2001.5 and I can retrive codes this way.

 

When I heard about the key trick, I tried it and: P0216

 

D'oh!

I was new to here when I got the dead pedal, I was running back and forth from my driveway to the computer. I came back in the last time and wrote something like, "What does P0216 mean?"

Thanks to DC/Cummins warranty, I was all fixed up in about two weeks!

Without the warranty, it's hard to say how long it would have been sitting in my driveway.............

 

Yup, But I believe it's only on 01's & 02's. Just to be real clear...on, off, on, off, on (don't start the engine). You will get two sets of codes... one for PCU and one for ECM. If it says "done".. you don't have any...or it has given all there is!

As spelled out above...it reads most codes... but a P1693, I think it is, is a companion code. Means you have to scan further for specifics. When I lost my VP-44, this code was all I got. Went to Autozone for free scan...got the dreaded "P0216".

Good Luck!

RJ

 

alright thanks i have an '02 im gonna try it although I hd my truck scanned last week w/a snap on scanner and it has 0216 code in there.

 

If the snap-on scanner cleared the codes... it's a good chance to see if the P0216 returned.
Some codes don't ever show up again ...... unfortunately that one usually does

RJ

 

it works on '00s too. I also got the 1693 code...which meant it was time for a new VP. I'm just putting in a HRVP right now, i'll let you know how it is