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Failed inspection. No reading from obd2. Help please

13K views 15 replies 10 participants last post by  Kraco5  
#1 ·
So, I went to get an inspection sticker and their machine could not get a reading from my obd2. They told me that this is usually from a blown cigarette lighter fuse. So I checked both fuses, and tested both cigarette lighters and everything is good. I haven't had any issues with my truck. And I just took a test light to every fuse and everything is receiving power. I have been looking around for a loose wire or bent pin but I don't see any problems. There are 4 wires hooked into the plug. They are: orange, black/white striped, black, purple. I got the dmm and the orange is the 12v (it was reading at the plug), and it appeared that all the other wires were ground. I left the positive lead from the dmm touching the Orange and touched the negative lead on each of the remaining 3 wires and got a 12+ reading.
So, I am confused about what to do now. Can someone please help me understand what is going wrong and how I can fix it. Thanks a lot, because I am stuck.
 
#6 ·
this is going to sound weird but..... here goes

I had the same problem on my 07 rado, the guy proceeded to open the fuse box and remove the fuse for the Radio. Then he hooked up to the OBD2 and everything worked perfectly. Then he put the fuse back in and i was on my way. Only issue was my radio stations being wiped out. The tech response was that he had to do that with a lot of colorados.

same thing happend when i was getting my tune. removed the radio fuse and.... it worked

i dont know if this will work for you, or why it works, or what the hell the radio has to do with anything related... never the less, good luck
 
#8 ·
i have heard of that...the radio interferes with communications....when u get a tune, you should be asked to remove your radio fuse.....or at least every person i ever heard of has been asked.
 
#9 ·
You have power but the scanner 'talks' to the PCM through the purple wire. Plug another scanner into the OBD-II port and see if it works. The schematics are a sticky in this section
'Special Schematics 2004-2008 Part 1'. Once it unzips, select 'Data Link Connector'.