A relay device (10) is provided with request reception units (13, 15), a request storage unit (16), a request conversion unit (S105), request delivery units (11 through 13), response reception units (11 through 13), a response storage unit (16), a response conversion unit (S125), and response transmission units (13, 15). When the relay device receives, from a first diagnostic tool, a diagnostic request for diagnosing a malfunction in an in-vehicle ECU, the relay device relays said diagnostic request and a response thereto, i.e. a diagnostic response, between the first diagnostic tool and the ECU. When the relay device receives, from a second diagnostic tool, a certain diagnostic request for diagnosing a malfunction in the ECU, the relay device relays said diagnostic request and a response thereto, i.e. a diagnostic response, between the second diagnostic tool and the ECU after converting identifying information for said diagnostic request and diagnostic response.