For the first time since I got it last year I had a yen to give my car a quick once-over with Torque Pro.  Imagine my dismay when I found that my trusty Bluetooth OBD II adaptor (identical in appearance to this one) won't connect to the car's diagnostic socket.  It looks as though there is some part of the panel moulding getting in the way.  It may be that a more compact adaptor might fit in there - though I tend to doubt it, it all looks far too cramped (it would be a lot easier to know for sure if you didn't have to be a contortionist to get a proper look at the flippin' thing).  It actually looks like to me as if only a plug with a cable connection would fit in there.

 

Am I doing something knuckle-headed, or do I need to source either a newer, more compact OBD II adaptor, or perhaps an OBD II extension cable?

Edited 4 June, 20197 yr by ejstubbs

That should fit in no problem.

 

I have a smaller profile in length one than that but fits in fine. It's around the the same width and height. 

 

You can get extensions

 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F392270511486

Hmm, looks like I'll have to take a torch, get my head right in the footwell, and have good look at what's going on in there.

 

The flanges on the plugs of that extension cable look about the same dimensions as the body of my adaptor - though obviously not as long.  When I was fiddling around in the rain last night it seemed to be the depth of the thing that was as much of a problem as the length.  Again, a proper good look should go some way to revealing what's not happening that perhaps should be.

 

I'm probably failing to do something that will become blindingly obvious once I can eyeball the thing clearly.  (And no, I'm not trying to plug it in the wrong way round!)

Er... it isn't in the rain.

But the only way to get a decent view of what's going on down there is to grovel around on the ground outside the driver's door.  For me, as a 6ft person, anyway.  Even if I tried to approach it from the passenger side my feet would be sticking out of the nearside door.

 

I suppose I could take the driver's seat out - but that would also mean getting wet.

 

Never mind, tomorrow is forecast to be dry, and even sunny in the late afternoon/evening.

It does go in at an angle pointing down a bit at the back

 

Edited 5 June, 20197 yr by Urrell

Stick your phone on camera and take a picture?

I might yet resort to that, although it does mean trying to manipulate the phone/camera while offering up the adaptor.

I have used a Voltas OBDeleven plug on mine and it plugs in with no problem other that you have to it by bending or opening the door and kneeling down

to plug it in (Easiest way)

Never had a problem with port access on the Yeti, with VCDS, Bluetooth adaptor for Torque Pro or an OBD Eleven dongle. But if you're struggling lie in the driver's footwell and look up

Hope you're sorted by now anyway

Well, I got it sorted at the weekend.  Woo-hoo.  It did indeed require grovelling and a bit of contortion.  And a torch.  I never really worked out what was going on but as it was situated when I eyeballed it there was no way the dongle was going to fit.  But a bit of rather injudicious fiddling (finger strength only) led to the socket appearing to move or rotate in some way, changing its angle to the horizontal so that the dongle would fit in without fouling the plastic shroud beneath the dash.

 

I've no idea whether it's supposed to be like that (and it does make me wonder how the dealer ran the diagnostics when they did its last service) but I have now been able to run a scan using Torque Pro and nothing came up.  Which was nice.