A detailed breakdown of the OBD-II decoder API offered by Car API.
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Property | Description |
---|---|
code string |
There are four different types of OBD-II codes (P, B, C, and U). Letters are followed by a series of numbers. https://schema.org/Text |
description string |
A description of the diagnostic code. https://schema.org/description |
Sample JSON OBD Code Response:
{
"collection": {
"url": "/api/obd-codes",
"count": 3041,
"pages": 1,
"total": 4,
"next": "",
"prev": "",
"first": "/api/obd-codes",
"last": ""
},
"data": [
{
"code": "P0100",
"description": "Mass or Volume Air Flow Circuit Malfunction"
},
{
"code": "B1200",
"description": "Climate Control Pushbutton Circuit Failure"
},
{
"code": "C1091",
"description": "Speed Wheel Sensor All Coherency Failure"
},
{
"code": "U1000",
"description": "SCP (J1850) Invalid or Missing Data for Primary Id"
}
]
}
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