摘要 |
<p>A vehicle inspection, diagnosing and maintenance system and method (figure 1)of inspecting, diagnosing and maintaining a vehicle (14) includes providing a vehicle unit (12) and a communications network (42). The vehicle unit (12) receives vehicle data, such as exhaust emission data, and includes a wireless communication transceiver (22) and a control for controlling the wireless communication transceiver (22). The control includes memory for storing vehicle data from the vehicle diagnostic system. A communication network (42) provides wireless communication with the vehicle unit (12). The communication network (12) is made up of a plurality of geographically dispersed generally stationary wireless communication transceivers. The vehicle unit (12) communicates the exhaust emission data in its memory to a stationary transceiver (22) in the vicinity of the vehicle (14).</p> |