System and method for data storage and diagnostics in a portable communication device interfaced with a telematics unit

A system for performing vehicle diagnostics, the system comprising:

• means for receiving diagnostic information from at least one electronic module of a vehicle at a portable communication device from a telematics unit via a short-range wireless connection;
• means for storing the received diagnostic information in a memory in the portable communication device to form a recent-history vehicle database;
• means for performing a diagnostic analysis based on the recent-history vehicle database;
• and
• means for sending the received diagnostic information from the portable communication device to an external memory to form an historic vehicle database.

A computer readable medium storing a computer program comprising:

• computer readable code for receiving diagnostic information from at least one electronic module of a vehicle at a portable communication device from a telematics unit via a short-range wireless connection;
• computer readable code for storing the received diagnostic information in a memory in the portable communication device to form a recent-history vehicle database;
• computer readable code for performing a diagnostic analysis based on the recent-history vehicle database;
• and
• computer readable code for sending the received diagnostic information from the portable communication device to an external memory to form an historic vehicle database.