Connect your car.

Read the fault codes and some live data from your own car with an OBD2 Bluetooth adapter, from the browser and without installing anything.

Buying a used electric car?Check the state of health of its battery with the same reader.

Not connected

Try it without an adapter

The browser's Bluetooth list will open. Pick the adapter: it's usually called OBDII, OBD or similar.

Don't look at the screen while driving. Read the data with the car stopped, or ask a passenger to do it.

Your car's data stays in your browser. It's only sent if you use it in a diagnosis.

What you need

An OBD2 Bluetooth LE adapter

It costs about €15–25 in car parts shops or online. The box or the listing should say “Bluetooth LE”, “BLE” or “Bluetooth 4.0”. The ones that only say “Bluetooth” (the classic kind) or “Wi-Fi” won't work with the browser.

Your car's OBD2 socket

16 pins, trapezoid shape

It's under the steering wheel, at the height of the driver's knees; sometimes behind a small cover or next to the fuse box. Every petrol car since 2001 and every diesel since 2004 has one.

How to connect it

With the car stopped, switch the ignition on or start the engine (outdoors, never in a closed garage).
Plug the adapter in: a light will come on.
Press “Connect the adapter” and pick it in the list. You don't need to pair it in the Bluetooth settings first.

Unplug it when you've finished: left in for days with the car parked, it can drain the battery.

Works with Chrome or Edge, on Android and on computers. Not on iPhone or iPad.