What Type Of Diagnostic Socket Is This?

[TigerFish]

What type of diagnostics socket is this? It is located in the drivers footwell on my '96 GS300. Is there a reader that can be plugged into it or is it just one that pins need to be connected together and then read the Check Engine light?

[steve2006]

That's the earlier diagnostic socket before OBDII and it's a case of shorting out various pins ( mainly TP and TE ) to access the flash codes for the many ECUs.

[maneesh]

yeah that's obd i, i don't think you can plug a reader into it, unless only dealers have the stuff to read it. like steve says, its a case of shorting out the pins and counting the number of flashes on the dashboard light.