Herbert Graf wrote:
> In North America it's mostly a non issue, pretty much every car sold
> since 1996 in North America is OBDII with the standard connector.

True.

> Elsewhere is a different story, as the article you mentioned indicates.
> It says that all diesel vehicles after 2004 in the EU must be OBDII, yet
> the 2006 Skoda Fabia diesel I rented last month in Austria certainly
> didn't have the OBDII connector (it had a connector, but looked
> different). Does anyone know if perhaps in the EU OBDII is required now,
> but the connector is still non standard? Or is it just the EU connector
> standard is different from North America?

Have you checked everywhere -- under the driver's seat, behind the ashtray, 
etc? Some vehicles have two connectors: one proprietary, and one OBDII. The 
EU connector standard is identical to the US standard: it's the same 
D-shaped 16-pin connector.

The SAE J1962 connector is a requirement for OBDII compliance.

Best regards,

Vitaliy 

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