Do MX5s have a Consult or diagnostic Port?

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Do MX5s have a Consult or diagnostic Port?

Postby TTT » Wed Nov 13, 2013 3:01 pm

More so NA6 I'm after..

If so, where is it? :lol:

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Re: Do MX5s have a Consult or diagnostic Port?

Postby Dweezle » Wed Nov 13, 2013 3:05 pm

Open the bonnet.
To the right, near the air box you will see a small black box with a lid that pops open.
That is the diagnostic port.

Google will show you a bunch of things you can use it for with usually nothing more than a paperclip.

It is OBD1.
Only NB,s have OBD2 I believe.
Which is far more useful.


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Re: Do MX5s have a Consult or diagnostic Port?

Postby TTT » Wed Nov 13, 2013 3:22 pm

oh.. :(

I've got one of these from when I had my skyline and thought it might be usable.

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Might ask the manufacturer if it works with NBs

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Re: Do MX5s have a Consult or diagnostic Port?

Postby manga_blue » Wed Nov 13, 2013 3:24 pm

’95 NA8

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Re: Do MX5s have a Consult or diagnostic Port?

Postby hks_kansei » Wed Nov 13, 2013 3:32 pm

Dweezle wrote:Only NB,s have OBD2 I believe.
Which is far more useful.


Only late NBs.

NB8A does not have it, and I think early NB8B didn't either (can't confirm that part)

I think the US market MX5s had ODBII much earlier (in the NA8 maybe?) but they also had a lot of other weird bits added to the NA like airbags and I think ABS.
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