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Bully Dog 40402 Watch Dog Black Economy Monitor |  | Brand: Bully Dog
Category: Automotive Parts and Accessories
List Price: $299.99
Buy New: $219.00
as of 9/9/2010 14:31 CDT details
You Save: $80.99 (27%)
New (4) from $219.00
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  2 reviews
Media: Automotive
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 12
Dimensions (in): 10 x 8 x 3
MPN: 40402
Model: 40402
UPC: 681018404020
EAN: 0681018404020
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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Easy installation (20-40 minutes) and free internet updates | | • | Monitors and displays vehicle parameters | | • | Full color display with multiple color themes | | • | Displays instant fuel economy and trip fuel economy | | • | Reads and erases diagnostic trouble codes |
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Product Description
The Bully Dog WatchDog Economy Monitor was specifically designed to allow users to monitor over 20 vehicle parameters and critique their driving habits for maximized fuel efficiency. The WatchDog Monitor is designed to work on all vehicles 1996 and newer that are equipped with an OBDII port. It tracks users driving habits and makes suggestions on how improve your driving technique to increase your fuel economy. The BullyDog WatchDog comes equipped with a set up wizard for easy use and installation. Users simply need to plug the monitor into their OBDII Port then follow the instructions as the system walks you through setup. The WatchDog Monitor's Driving Coach will monitor your driving habits, calculate wasted fuel, and give you feedback to help improve your driving style. Testing has shown users can see an improvement of up to 37% in fuel economy when using the Bully Dog WatchDog. Besides analyzing your driving technique, the WatchDog is also an all in one monitor that can display up to 20 engine parameters. It pulls data from your vehicle's diagnostic sensors and displays readings such as EGTs, Fuel Economy, Coolant Temp, etc.
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| Customer Reviews:
Poor customer support, does not live up to the hype December 1, 2009
Glen Stroik (Milw, WI)
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
My main purpose in purchasing this product was to monitor my fuel economy. This Watch Dog disappoints me with its ability to give fuel economy data. First off, this unit is small. I knew about the size because I contacted the company before I purchased it. They were kind enough to give me the specs. I could not find it listed in the sales literature. The data displayed on the left side is big and easy to read. The problem is that you cannot get average fuel economy to display in one of those boxes. You can get instant economy to display, but that is worthless. The only way you can get average economy is to turn on the "driving coach" This is a program that monitors acceleration and braking and is meant to help you achieve maximum economy. On the bottom of the main screen under the "driving coach" you can see your average economy in 2 digits with no decimal point. The font is about a size 5. I have perfect 20/20 eyesight and can barely see it.
When you install this unit, it says to just plug it in to the OBD 2 port. If you turn off the key, it stays running. The literature says it will not suck much juice and will not be a problem unless you leave it sit for a long time. If you leave your car sit for weeks between uses, they give you a separate wire you can attach and connect to the ignition so that it only runs when the car is running. What they do not tell you is that your fuel economy drops to almost nothing if you do not shut it off between uses. I had to figure this out on my own. I attached the wire and it is working fine.
I am still calibrating this unit. The economy reading differs from my calculations. After a few more tanks of gas I hope to have it dialed in. It is not a plug and play item.
Most of the data that they say you can access, you can't. Like trans temp, oil pressure, exhaust temp etc are not available on my car. The only items that I can access that are worth monitoring are battery voltage and coolant temp.
In my opinion this is way over priced and not worth the money.
I contacted the company to see if they could reprogram the unit to display the average fuel economy in the larger area of the screen so I could actually read it. They never responded. Typical of a fly by night company to give you support before the sale and none after. Now I am stuck with this gauge and not happy with it. Do not waste your money on this monitor.
Go Ahead, Torture Yourself August 11, 2010
used to be
My mechanic has a BD for his diesel and says it helps his gas mileage. He told me not to buy this since for gas engines, really does not help your mileage. I like all the dials and has a driving coach, and only $200 so I went against his advice and bought one. It came sealed in original container from Amazon, however, was missing two parts needed to update it. You have to plug into your computer to update it before installing in vehicle. Short story, it has taken me 6 weeks to get the parts from BD needed to update it. They originally told me to go buy the parts myself at Radio Shack. How is that for customer service? I needed a UBS to mini USB cable and then, later learned I also needed a USB to SD card reader. Just F***ng shoot me! I have owned this thing for 6 weeks and just now turning over to my mechanic to install. Previous readers are right about small screen. I am going to need a magnifying glass to read this thing while I am driving. BD, good idea, but crappy execution
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