• Reviews around battery (3.02 of 5)

    BAFX Products Bluetooth Diagnostic OBDII Reader/Scanner for Android Devices

    • i leave mine in 24/7 and it doesn't drain battery.
    • I leave it plugged in and have a dedicated display mounted in my suv, it hasn't killed the battery yet
    • Then it drained my car battery in ten minutes.
    • At first, I thought it drained my car battery overnight, but I actually just had a bad battery
    • I jumped the car charged the battery left the reader out and not issues.
    • Don't leave it in your non daily, as after several weeks it can drain the battery (not the products fault).
    • Tip: Make sure to actually quit the app through the menu on your phone, it drained my battery.
    • I killed my battery but luckily it charged right back up
    • Once I left it plugged in on a vehicle that I didn't drive for about a week and it drained the battery so make sure to unplug it when you're not using it.
    • I used it on my nissan 370z to clear a code, and it killed my battery, and had to be replaced.
    • Diagnosed faults for my daughter's Civic hybrid battery and saved me from buying a new $3k battery when the 12v one was at fault and she simply wasn't driving it enough
    • P.S just dont leave it on for days as I jave read online that it will drain your battery if you do not drive your car everyday.
    • It's durable and even cuts itself off when not in use so it doesn't drain your battery
    • Works ok the rest of the time, killed the battery once when I forgot it was plugged in overnight
    • Problem is it kills the battery.
    • I also have stopped leaving it installed as it is always draining the battery with useless LEDs on always.
    • So far this has been used and abused, sat on my hot dashboard, left plugged in for weeks (and did not kill the battery)
    • It doesn't drain my battery at all and it's literally plug and play
    • Dongle doesn't drain battery when left plugged in
    • Needs to unplug to not drain battery I think.
    • But that is probably the battery's fault and not the device itself
    • no issue as long as the car it's used on shuts of power unlike a silverado and both of the adapters will drain the battery especially if u leave by on ur phone and forgot they stay connected if ur in the house 20 ft away from the car
    • Don't leave it in your non daily, as after several weeks it can drain the battery (not the products fault).
    • Other than that it works great and doesn't drain my battery
    • I've accidentally done so a few times and didn't manage to kill my battery, but I'm sure it could after enough time
    • I haven't had any problems with connections and it hasn't killed my battery
    • Great scanner, connects quick, just that the app kills your battery quick
    • so if I leave the unit plugged in, the battery goes dead
    • After a few UBER rides I tried again later in the day with the portable battery and got it to start but got error codes on the Torque Pro app.
    • ive got an old prius and with this combo i can diagnose a good battery from bad
    • Seems to kill the battery in my 2005 G6 if I let the car sit for a couple days without starting it, which is a bummer because I really liked it otherwise.
    • I believe the internal battery is dead which is inaccessible.
    • Did not drain my battery when left in shut off car for two days.
    • I hooked up a portable battery to try and start the car and still the starter gave no indication of power.
    • This product freaking rocks and got me out of having to spend a bunch of money for some stupid racket West Virginia car inspection bs.
    • Worked as it was supposed to
    • Very simple to use and works as it should.
    • All their products work as they should
    • New unit works as it should on the following vehicles without any issues
    • Works exactly as it should, buy it!
    • Worked as it said it did.
    • Works as it should.
    • Works as it should and easy to connect
    • Works as it should thanks
    • The really great part about this reader though, is that after it dried out for a few months, now it works as before
    • I used Bluetooth connection and once my tablet recognized the Bafx Reader it connected to Car Doc and everything worked as it should.
    • Product works as it should and easy to sync and use.
    • It work as it said
    • Works as it was advertised.
    • Works as it says
    • n’t go wrong with this code scanner.
    • I totally recommend [t
    • n’t support iOS
    • n’t go wrong with this code scanner.
    • I totally recommend [t
    • n’t support iOS
    • Amazing product -- works as advertised -- works for KIA and NISSAN products as advertised -- Torque Light download was F R E Eand easy to use and for most this is all that one would need.
    • Amazing product -- works as advertised -- works for KIA and NISSAN products as advertised -- Torque Light download was F R E Eand easy to use and for most this is all that one would need.