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by bluGill 1054 days ago
They tell the third party scan tool manufactures as well. (for a "reasonable" price - where reasonable can be 6 figures) I used to work on those scan tools, and so I saw the data (I probably shouldn't talk about it - lets just say were reversed engineered their tools often).

Many mechanics will read and tell you the codes for free. Auto part stores will as well.