[Nateman]

I think you can OWN an OBD . If you are a business you can’t lend it. I can’t point you to the statue but I have experienced the problem first hand. The extreme example I can relate happened in Laughlin Nevada.It’s on the border with California. On the California side the Auto Zone could not lend me their OBD. So I drove to an Auto zone on the Nevada side where I was able to borrow it and then fix the problem myself. Try getting rid of used Anti-freeze in most states. That sucks too. I wonder how many people have dumped the stuff illegally because it is so difficult to do so legally.

[Nateman]

Just out of curiosity I tried to find out what California's rules about OBD's were. What a can of worms! If you really want to know the answer to this check out this link, there is no way I'm going to dig through all this!

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

I think you can OWN an OBD . If you are a business you can’t lend it. I can’t point you to the statue but I have experienced the problem first hand. The extreme example I can relate happened in Laughlin Nevada.It’s on the border with California. On the California side the Auto Zone could not lend me their OBD. So I drove to an Auto zone on the Nevada side where I was able to borrow it and then fix the problem myself. Try getting rid of used Anti-freeze in most states. That sucks too. I wonder how many people have dumped the stuff illegally because it is so difficult to do so legally.

I believe you're confusing a business's policy vs. state law.

Many automotive businesses won't loan out tools and the OBD II scanner is just another tool.

Here in California we have places where we can drop off all kinds of household hazardous wastes, including antifreeze, car batteries, motor oil, etc. It's free. You just drive up and they unload it from your car. You can drop off up to 15 gallons or 125 Lbs. per vehicle per visit.