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Attention: this application may not work properly in case of bad quality ELM327 adapter used!\n\nSupported cars:\n- Ford, Lincoln, Mercury models of 1996 - 2022MY (some models of 1994-1995MY are also supported)\n- Mazda 1996-2022MY. Attention: Mazda 7G models (new Mazda 3, CX-30, MX-30, CX-50 etc) are supported partially or not supported!\n- Vehicles other than Ford, Mazda, Lincoln, Mercury are not supported!\n\nFeatures:\n- Analyzing an on-board network configuration of the connected vehicle\n- Read and reset DTC for all modules\n- Read sensors and other data (PIDs) from all modules\n- Execute tests\n- Execute majority of service functions\n\nNote: Configuration and Programming functions, as well as some of service functions, are not available in FORScan Lite.","facts":{"developer_id":892347086,"developer_url":null,"first_released":"2014-11-02T23:26:12Z","support_url":"http://forscan.org/","privacy_url":"http://forscan.org/privacy_policy_lite_en.html","website_url":null,"app_version":"1.5.31","release_notes":"- Vehicle database update\n- Migration to core 2.3.71","rating_current_version":2.98485,"rating_count_current_version":198,"star_counts":[85,9,10,12,82],"genres":["Utilities","Productivity"],"languages":["EN","DE","HU","IT","PL","RU","ES"],"content_advisories":null,"device_families":["iphone","ipad","ipod"],"chart":{"name":"top-paid Utilities","position":7}},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-20T16:10:13.439Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-10-14T18:30:33.766Z","reviews_checked_at":null,"summary_written_at":"2026-10-11T00:39:54.312Z","placed_at":"2026-10-10T03:50:02.950Z","scored_at":"2026-10-22T04:59:12.573Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Diagnostic app for reading and resetting trouble codes, reading sensor data, running tests and some service functions…","what_is":"FORScan Lite is an iOS utility for computer diagnostics of Ford, Mazda, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles. 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