New Ferrari Owner Has A Question

I have a 360 and find having a scan tool to be invaluable. These cars throw codes like a hot dog seller at Yankee Stadium. Get a good scanner and keep it in your car. I use a dongle based system and my Android phone. You'll probably be using the code scanner on a regular basis. Maybe the 430 is less prone to throwing codes than a 360. I doubt it. I use the Android app EOBD which is recommended by Aldous Voice.

 

You might find it helpful to know that there's a huge amount of previous information on this site and it would help you enormously with your plan to maintain your 430 yourself to start practising how to find it - going forward there's probably threads covering almost every problem you are like to encounter with your 430 (in the 360/430 section generally) - currently specifically there are innumerable threads all over this site about code readers and the cheap bluetooth dongle on Ebay or Amazon - try a search here on EOBD for example which should link to dongle suggestions as well as software

PS enjoy the car !

 

Extreme 1, scan tool is a great time and money saving device to have on hand. Definitely worth picking one up. You can get one on Amazon for around $35.
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It will plug into the diagnostic port of ANY car produced after 1995. It’s a great general tool to have not just for a Ferrari

 

Yes, it’s a universal scanner so no problem. It will plug into your port.

 

No, the dashboard will not tell you when it's time for service. The service book tells all except it makes no mention of changing the F1 fluid which needs to be changed every 2-3 years. A cheap OBD2 scanner and the phone app are great to have. My 360 threw codes, CEL's, all the time. My 430 has not in 4 years.

 

yes I have one of these ... and it is very handy on a Ferrari .... and for the OP if the car throws a code clear it with something like this AND plug the battery charger in 99% of the crazy stuff that happens to any recent Ferrari is caused by a weak or old or undercharged battery never seen anything like it ..except on Ferrari ....

 

So true Larry. I recently changed the original battery on my 458 after which time I had an error code. Plugged the scanner in, cleared the code and it never returned. Confirmed with my Ferrari mechanic that these codes will show up after any power disconnect and scanner is all that is required to clear them.