What device is your friend using and how is he connecting it? I'm guessing you don't have an OBD-II port under the dash, so just the 38 pin diag port under the hood, correct?
A modern OBD-II reader may read codes through that port with the help of an adapter cable that goes between the reader cable connection and the diag port. Some have mentioned it, I keep waiting for someone to try it. Perhaps you can be the guinea pig? Both are available on Ebay.
Or you can get the multiplexer setup with Carsoft 7.4 software on a laptop and go to it that way. There is other software that is generic and will not properly read codes.
To my knowledge the fact that it was from Singapore is irrelevant. With the advent of OBD-II MB settled on the diag codes up in the stickies, and they are the same wherever the car was sent. In the US we can use the OBD-II port to read them, but they're still the same codes you should get through the proper interface.
Take care and enjoy the ride,
Greg
A modern OBD-II reader may read codes through that port with the help of an adapter cable that goes between the reader cable connection and the diag port. Some have mentioned it, I keep waiting for someone to try it. Perhaps you can be the guinea pig? Both are available on Ebay.
Or you can get the multiplexer setup with Carsoft 7.4 software on a laptop and go to it that way. There is other software that is generic and will not properly read codes.
To my knowledge the fact that it was from Singapore is irrelevant. With the advent of OBD-II MB settled on the diag codes up in the stickies, and they are the same wherever the car was sent. In the US we can use the OBD-II port to read them, but they're still the same codes you should get through the proper interface.
Take care and enjoy the ride,
Greg
