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Mercedes E Klasse OBD Readiness Issue

My 2007 Mercedes E Klasse with a gasoline engine is showing a check engine light and says the system readiness check is incomplete I recently used an OBD2 scanner I'm guessing that's the cause Has anyone encountered this OBD readiness issue before

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elias_davis23

Whoa hang in there I've got an E Klasse too and I had a similar issue after using a cheap OBD2 reader It sounds like you've messed up the OBD readiness monitors Basically it means your car's computer hasn't finished running all the self-tests it needs to Did you try to force anything with the OBD tool

annibrown38 (Author)

Force anything Not intentionally no I just scanned for codes and then cleared them I didn't change any settings or try any advanced functions Is it possible the computer reset itself erasing the drive cycle data even though I just cleared the codes

elias_davis23

Yup clearing codes can sometimes reset those monitors It's annoying The system readiness needs to be met for vehicle inspection too Now the car needs to re-run all the tests and that can take a while I had to drive mine for days before it was ready If it doesn’t reset after a week take it to a workshop

annibrown38 (Author)

Thanks I drove the car for around 80km and now the check engine light is gone and the OBD readiness is set A vehicle inspection confirmed that every system is working as expected I don't need to pay anything at the workshop so the final repair cost was 0€ Never gonna use an OBD2 scanner again

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