AVForums car diagnostics - members who can help. VCDS and other tools.

Tony Roma

I know it may be a long shot but has anyone got access to a Porsche PIWIs?

Daz1969

name: Darren   
location: Hyde, Cheshire
Equipment : Generic OBD and Vagscan handheld, Icarsoft I980 (Mercedes and Smart)
Ability: Diagnostic scanning and fault code clearing on VW group cars, Mercedes Benz and Smart.  Generic OBD scanning on other makes

mikeburns

name: Mike       
location: Warwick
Equipment : Dealer Volvo VIDA setup
Ability: Diagnostic scanning and fault code clearing including airbag/SRS on Volvo cars.

Wad2002

name: Liam
location: Central Scotland
Equipment : VAGCOM OBD2
Ability: Diagnostic scanning and fault code clearing and vag logging

micloi

Name : Michael
Location : Warwick
Equipment : various pieces of software for Ford cars
Ability : scan and reset codes. Change various car settings
Note: only established members

dartmin

Name: Dave
Location: East Midlands - J26
Equipment: VCDS, full, official & licensed version,
Ability: Enthusiastic amateur, on VAG Group
Note: Established members only

ewizzy

Can anyone recommend a particular cable to get to read VAG group codes? There are many many different cables to get from eBay Amazon etc. I'm assuming you can only get VCDS from the proper place too? (Pm me if you prefer)
My old man is a mechanic, and increasingly coming up against VAG faults that can only be diagnosed with vcds, and for a sole trader (in his 60's and about to retire in the next couple of years) its prohibitively expensive to buy the snap on code readers etc.

Any advice for a technophobe mechanic?

jouster

anyone local to Colchester got VCDS/VAGCOM software...would like some assistance with my new A6 Avant...cheers in advance

jouster

All sorted now.  Actually managed to get myself a cable so if anyone else needs assistance let me know.  In the general Colchester area of course

thcook

Hi jouster

I'm about 15 minutes from Colchester and could really do with a little diagnostic help before I arrange for a truck with a crane to lift my car somewhere for investigation (AA diagnostic wouldn't communicate with the ECU).

The background is here in the TT Forum The Audi TT Forum :: View topic - ECU Armageddon... probably!

Happy to pay travel and a fee for tour time.

Tom