About OBDLink
OBDLink is a scan-tool brand of OBD Solutions LLC, a privately held technology company that has designed and manufactured OBD interfaces from its headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona since 2002. The company builds its own OBD interpreter chipsets -- it has shipped well over 220,000 STN11xx-series interpreter ICs since introducing that line in 2010 -- rather than reselling a generic third-party module, and its technology has been licensed by Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies for integration into their own products.
The OBDLink lineup runs from wired, single-platform adapters up to the MX+, the flagship Bluetooth model that pairs with iPhone, Android, and Windows from a single dongle. What distinguishes OBDLink in the enthusiast diagnostic-app space is that its adapters are the ones several major third-party apps are built and tested around: FORScan lists OBDLink adapters among its recommended hardware for Ford diagnostics and module programming, and BimmerCode does the same for BMW/MINI coding, alongside support for AlfaOBD, Carista, Torque, and DashCommand. In our own testing, the MX+ carried this through to enhanced OEM module access -- pulling ABS, SRS, and TPMS parameters -- on eight manufacturer groups over Bluetooth, which is well beyond what a standard engine-only code reader can read.
Brand website: obdlink.com
What OBDLink makes
OBDLink's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
OBDLink MX+
Flagship Bluetooth adapter pairing with iPhone, Android, and Windows, with enhanced OEM module access on eight manufacturer groups -- featured on RevRated. — featured on RevRated
OBDLink CX
Bluetooth adapter purpose-built around BimmerCode for BMW and MINI coding.
OBDLink EX
Bluetooth adapter purpose-built around FORScan for Ford diagnostics and module programming.
OBDLink LX
Bluetooth adapter for Android and Windows (no iOS support).
OBDLink SX
General-purpose wired USB adapter for Windows.
OBDLink app & OBDwiz software
The brand's own free mobile app and included Windows software for reading and logging OBD2 data.
Why we recognized OBDLink
The RevRated Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our hands-on category reviews. OBDLink earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: bought, run on real vehicles, and judged on merit.
OBDLink products we rated highly
OBDLink MX+ Bluetooth OBD2 Scanner
In our testing, the MX+ paired with iPhone, Android, and Windows from the same dongle, the only Bluetooth adapter in our roundup that talks to all three. Its enhanced OEM module access on Ford, GM, Mazda, Nissan/Infiniti, Toyota/Lexus/Scion, Honda, Hyundai, and Kia pulled ABS, SRS, and TPMS parameters that a generic engine-only dongle never reaches on those makes, and it is the adapter that FORScan, BimmerCode, AlfaOBD, Carista, Torque, and DashCommand all name as recommended hardware -- one dongle reaching manufacturer-level coding well beyond its own free app. Built-in over-voltage and battery-drain protection plus included firmware updates let it stay plugged into the OBD2 port between sessions without quietly flattening the vehicle's battery.
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- OBD Solutions LLC has designed and manufactured its own OBD interpreter chipsets in Phoenix, Arizona since 2002, rather than reselling a generic third-party module, and has shipped over 220,000 of its STN11xx-series interpreter ICs since 2010.
- The OBDLink MX+ is one of the products we rated highly in our OBD2 scanner testing, standing out for pairing with iPhone, Android, and Windows from a single Bluetooth dongle.
- Major third-party diagnostic apps build around OBDLink hardware specifically: FORScan recommends it for Ford module programming and BimmerCode for BMW/MINI coding, alongside support for AlfaOBD, Carista, Torque, and DashCommand.
- The MX+ reads enhanced ABS, SRS, and TPMS parameters on eight manufacturer groups over Bluetooth, coverage that a standard engine-only code reader cannot provide.
- OBD Solutions' underlying diagnostic technology has been licensed by Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies for integration into their own products, reflecting engineering credibility beyond the consumer scan-tool market.