Is my car an OBDII Car?

[camrodv6]

Greetings All,
Great forum you all have here!
The check engine light in my wife's 95 Camry V6 with a build date of Oct 94, has come on 3 times in the last 2 weeks. I've cancelled it by pulling the efi fuse each time but it keeps coming back on.
My question: is this car an OBD II car? My Haynes manual says yes but one of the Haynes illustrations of the underhood engine sticker clearly reads "OBDII". The sticker on my car does not show OBDII designation. I wonder if the early build date may not have made this an OBDII car. What do you folks think?

Thanks in advance,
JR in N.E. GA.

P.S. it has 126,000 miles on it

[wvagravehunter]

Well I would say that it would most definitely have to be an OBD II car, most of the non-OBD II vehicles are in in the early 80s to late 80s, also most likely, to save you a few hundred bucks, when the check engine light comes on and stays on even after you've cleared the car's computer, it's an Oxygen Sensor, which are very simple to replace, and also very cheap. Majority of the time when the check engine light comes on and actually stays on in a car with OBD II compliant diagnostic systems, it's the O2 sensor. If I were you I would go through the Haynes manual, located both O2 sensors, assuming that you have both, I know I do in my Camry, and test them with a multimeter.

[brink]

I was under the impression that OBDII was finalized in '96. Any "OBD" cars prior to that are on an unfinalized version of the spec.

[Velocity]

From what I know OBD-II was regulated and mandatory for all 96-up. But some cars were equipped with the system right before 96'. Yeah your car most likely is because I'm in the same boat with a 95' V6 equipped with OBD-II

[jamesgf]

I was just going to post this exact same question. My 1995 LE V6 (118,000 miles) also has a build date in '94. So it is OBDII? The check engine light has been on for about 8 months constantly, with it coming on and off for 2 months before that. The car runs just fine. I thought it was a bad gas cap and replaced it (the rubber gasket was shot) but the light came back on. Just ordered the O2 sensors this week, hopefully that is the problem. I ordered the bosch universal 4 wire to give them a shot (much cheaper than OEM) and here in Madison WI there is no emission testing so as long as the CEL goes away thats fine with me. Just hope my cat converter isnt trashed.

Anyone have any experience with the bosch after market O2 sensors?

-j

[CamryWhat?]

Hey man just run to AutoZone they can Check for free.....If you you are unsure if it is one then all you have to do it take out the Change Keeper on the left side and if you don't have on its not and OBDII (i think) best bet is going to Auto Zone tho they will know

[2000CamryLEV6]

Camrys have been OBDII since the 1994 model year. Toyota started before it was mandated. Accords on the other hand were not OBDII until 1996.

[camrodv6]

Thanks everyone for the replies!
I kind of thought Toyota might have made it an OBDII before it was required. It looks I have a few choices:
The local auto zone tried but they couldn't do it. I'm in a small town I and may have to go to a local indie mechanic, ride to the nearest dealer in Athens Ga, troubleshoot the 3 O2 sensors as the Haynes manual describes or bite the bullet and spring for a hand held scanner. Any recommendations on the scanner?

Thanks,
JR

[Velocity]

Make sure that when you go to autozone or whatever, plug the scan tool into the port behind the coin drawer on the bottom lefthand side of the driver side. If you try to do the diagnostic scan from the port in the engine bay, it wont fit. So just a little tip.