You might not know it, but there’s a little port under your car’s dashboard that happens to be one of your mechanic’s best-kept secrets. It’s called an OBDII port — that stands for On-Board Diagnostics II — and it’s where your mechanic plugs in a device called a code reader, in order to get information from the Engine Control Unit, your car’s internal computer. So when your mechanic seems to know what’s wrong with your car as soon as you take it to the shop, he’s actually getting a big assist from his handy code reader. The car basically tells him what the trouble is, and he passes that information on to you (along with a big estimate for the repair).

    Sounds a bit like cheating, doesn’t it? We thought so, too.

    The way we see it, any car owner ought to be able to tap into a car’s computer and get information about the health and performance of the car. But the code readers mechanics use are bulky, expensive, and complicated — it’s almost as if they’re designed to discourage the average consumer. That’s where FixDAT comes in.

    Smaller than a cell phone, DATZOO products put all the power of a mechanic’s code reader and more into the hands of every car owner. Simply plug a DATZOO unit into your car’s computer port and leave it there. The device automatically figures out how to talk to your car’s computer — cars speak nine different languages, as a matter of fact, but DATZOO knows them all. Once it’s speaking the car’s language, the DATZOO unit can send a wireless signal to just about any electronic device, whether it’s a cell phone, laptop computer or PDA. That’s because DATZOO uses Bluetooth technology to communicate with other Bluetooth-enabled devices. FixDAT is the program that runs on the device that then enables you to interact with your vehicle's diagnostic systems.

With FixDAT, you can:

• Access the computer of any 1996 or newer vehicle
  Just plug in the device and FixDAT does the rest.
• Connect to your laptop, smart phone or PDA using Bluetooth wireless technology
  No cables, no worries.
• View diagnostic codes
  The computer in your car has a trouble code for every problem, from a faulty door lock to a transmission failure. With FixDAT, you can view these codes and find out what they mean. You can tell your mechanic exactly what’s wrong with your car even before you bring it to the shop.
• Clear diagnostic codes
  Got a "Check Engine" light that’s driving you crazy? Don’t reach for the duct tape. Just send a command from your smart phone, laptop or PDA. FixDAT doesn’t just listen to your car’s computer; it can send instructions as well.
• Troubleshoot any problem
  Each system malfunction, emissions problem, and performance issue has its own code. With the power of FixDAT, you’ll know exactly why that dashboard light came on, or what that rattle means. If you’re the do-it-yourself type, troubleshooting just got much easier.