gotsmart wrote:
It turns out that the fuse for the cigarette lighter (which is also used for the OBD port) was missing. The tech installed a fuse and the OBD port worked fine.
Not uncommon. Due to a charge for genset use, many renters try to subvert that fee by bringing an inverter and then plugging everything they own into the vehicle via the cigarette lighter port. Sometimes people get real creative and install a much larger fuse so it will not blow. It is very easy to overload the circuit via this method. I've actually seen heat damage as well as had reports of smoke from behind the dash. As a result, many times the fuses are removed since smoking is not permitted in the vehicles, and technically, the cigarette lighter port is not the power port.
