I meant OBD scanner
On-board diagnostics (OBD) is an automotive term referring to a vehicle's self-diagnostic and reporting capability. OBD systems give the vehicle owner or repair technician access to the status of the various vehicle subsystems.

Troublemaker007:


If you hear price of original shock absorber you go convert to legedis Benz. Not all those nonsense we are buying. I went to a legit Toyota shop to get some parts price quote for my Corolla Sport. Ordinary Stabilizer link i dey for 3500 is 40k, front shock absorber is 140k, back shock is 180k. I pick my car up, put am for head and ran as fast as I can.

Naija indeed is a grey market, many of us have become very close to our mechanics more than our family members due to several visits to our mechanic over a short period of time. I visit my mechanic when I have to do an oil change or an alarm pops up on my dash board which needs to be resolved , this would have been after I have checked and scanned the car with my personal scanner and require my mechanic to replace the faulty component as the case may be.
I hardly visit the mechanic for suspension related faults, this is due to the fact the suspension parts are high quality aftermarket parts produced by an OE manufacturer, this means I get to buy an OE part less the price of the OEM from a dealer
Most cars brought into the country as tokunbo look good at the time of arrival into the country,no faulty suspension,no screeching brake pad noise and no check engine faults even after being used and driven for over 10 years overseas , once the car arrives Nigeria, the first oil replacement is done with sub standard oil filters and engine oil, as time goes by the suspension parts will require replacement, tokunbo parts or Chinko parts will be introduced as replacement parts for the same vehicle and you expect the vehicle to perform optimally or have a high resale value.As long as most of us are not economically empowered to buy original OEM or high quality after market parts, our visits to the mechanics will be regular.
I have seen Toyota and Honda brake pads sold for N3000 and this parts were put inside the OEM packaging and looking at ebay etc you would find same for $50-$60 for the front brake pads, when you compare the prices then you do not have a reason to know that quality and safety have been compromised.
N3000/360 gives you aprox $9 for brake pads haba!Chinko I hail you.
There are some part that are good to be used as Tokunbo, these are body parts, etc doors and bumpers.
You might not quantify the useful life of a tokunbo parts and at the same time the quality and reliability of a chinko parts is also compromised.
Please go for genuine or high quality auto parts for safety and reliability.

This is outright fraud and an affront to national security , I wonder what the DSS , EFCC and NCC are not in collaboration to investigating the Telcos who are manipulating the international numbers to local number to generate more revenue.
This process is called refiling and am aware that NCC is aware of this issue , why this is still going on unabated is what still baffles me.
NCC is quick to fine erring Telcos but look the other way when this issue is reported to them.
This process involves modifying the calling(International numbers) to a local number and terminating the call as local to local call, the Telco receiving the call and terminating it to the called number charges the overseas Telco(international network from where call is being made) $ USD, then modifies the number to local number to pay local interconnect for terminating the call on local network.
For example the calling number is +1322343 calling a local number 01232XXXX, if the telco modifies the calling number to 080XXXXX, 080XXXXX appears as the caller ID on called number 01232XXXX.
Please keep raising this issue till it receives the required attention.