Will the FMM003 work in my vehicle?
Short answer: if your vehicle has an OBD-II port, the FMM003 will almost certainly track it. What varies from vehicle to vehicle is how much extra data it can read from the vehicle’s own computer.
What works in any vehicle
Section titled “What works in any vehicle”These come from the tracker itself — its GPS, its motion sensor and its mobile connection — so they don’t depend on the vehicle:
- live location on the map;
- trips, history and mileage worked out from GPS;
- speed and speeding alerts;
- geofences;
- harsh braking, acceleration and cornering;
- unplug, tow and impact alerts.
What depends on the vehicle
Section titled “What depends on the vehicle”Through the OBD-II port, the FMM003 can read data from the vehicle’s computer. Teltonika says the tracker can read real odometer and real fuel level, but that the parameters it can monitor depend on the vehicle’s make and model.
In practice, a vehicle may share:
- all of it — real odometer, fuel level, fault codes and engine data such as RPM;
- some of it — for example fault codes but not fuel level;
- none of it — the tracker still works, but readings like odometer come from GPS instead.
Features that need this data are marked “depends on vehicle” on our features page. Engine over-revving alerts, for example, need the vehicle to report RPM.
Check your vehicle
Section titled “Check your vehicle”Teltonika publishes an OBD supported vehicle list showing which data it has confirmed for different makes, models and years. It’s a big spreadsheet, so if you’d rather not dig through it, send us your vehicle list and we’ll check for you.
Does my vehicle have an OBD-II port?
Section titled “Does my vehicle have an OBD-II port?”In Australia, Australian Design Rule 79/01 made on-board diagnostics (OBD) compulsory on new light vehicles (passenger cars and light goods vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes GVM):
| Fuel | New models from | All new vehicles from |
|---|---|---|
| Petrol | 1 January 2005 | 1 January 2006 |
| Diesel | 1 January 2006 | 1 January 2007 |
The dates are by date of manufacture. So most cars, utes and vans built since then have one. Plenty of older vehicles have one too, but not all.
For heavy vehicles — trucks over 3.5 tonnes, buses, plant — the rules and connectors are different. Check with us before ordering. A hardwired tracker is often the better fit; see our trackers.
Ask us first for unusual vehicles
Section titled “Ask us first for unusual vehicles”Talk to us before you order if you’re tracking:
- trucks, buses or plant;
- older vehicles, or anything built before the dates above;
- electric or hybrid vehicles;
- grey imports or modified vehicles;
- vehicles where the OBD-II port is hard to reach or already in use.
Get in touch with the makes, models and years, and we’ll tell you what to expect before you commit. See also odometer or fuel not showing.