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Diagnostic codes on 2009 Nissan Altima hybrid

  

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Does your fancy scan tool read trouble codes on Hybrids? I had to go to the dealer for "a hybrid expert" to read diagnostic codes to trouble shoot the codes. The diagnostic test took over 4 hours and cost over $400 bucks. Does this sound right or am I being punished for buying a Nissan.  The "expert" said it was the converter and would cost $8,000 to fix. 


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All code readers aren't created equal and neither are the cars they read.  So yes a reader needs to be able to read all the computers in the car and all the manufactures oddities they may have added/changed (it's a standard but can be implemented differently).

With all that said the codes to indicate a bad cat can be read on that car with a $30 (maybe cheaper) reader.  Find a good local mechanic is the best advice I can give you probably.


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