System and method for a vehicle scanner to automatically execute a test suite from a storage card

A vehicle diagnostic device connectable to a diagnostic port of a vehicle, the vehicle diagnostic device comprising:

• a processor;
• a first data storage device storing computer-readable program instructions;
• a removable data storage device storing a test suite including one or more executable diagnostic requests;
• a communications interface configured to transmit data to a display device;
• a data storage device slot into which the removable data storage device can be inserted, wherein the removable data storage device is removable from the data storage device slot after being inserted into the data storage device slot;
• and
• a vehicle interface that is connectable to the diagnostic port of the vehicle;
• wherein the processor is configured to execute the program instructions stored on the first data storage device to perform functions comprising:
• detecting insertion of the removable data storage device into the data storage device slot,
• reading, while the removable data storage device is within the data storage device slot, a first executable diagnostic request stored on the removable data storage device,
• executing, while the removable data storage device is within the data storage device slot, the first executable diagnostic request read from the removable data storage device, wherein execution of the first executable diagnostic request causes the vehicle interface to transmit, to a vehicle diagnostic system within the vehicle via the diagnostic port, a request for vehicle diagnostic data from the vehicle diagnostic system, and
• processing the vehicle diagnostic data received at the vehicle interface responsive to transmission of the request for vehicle diagnostic data, wherein processing the vehicle diagnostic data comprises routing the vehicle diagnostic data received at the vehicle interface to the communications interface for transmission to the display device.