code reader for my Leon

[richellis]

Hi,
keep seeing code readers on e-bay for about £30, are they worth getting???
I do think it would be good to be able to read faults, any one got one they recomend or know works!

 

[DannyC87]

I got a vagcom cable for less than £20 off ebay, works perfectly on xp, but doesn't work with vista.

 

[richellis]

im on vista, its just one of the hand held ones I was looking at

 

[rhumber]

I got a vagcom cable for less than £20 off ebay, works perfectly on xp, but doesn't work with vista.

Have you tried using the instructions in this thread ?

 

[DannyC87]

yep - had it work once and never since! just reverted to xp now!

 

[WorcesterCityFC]

My mate recommended one of the OBD2 code readers for Seat/VW/Audi/Skoda off eBay a while a go and for £15 inc. P&P thought it was worth a try! Search for OBD2 Seat and it is one of the orange ones - they look cheap, but it has worked well for me.
Had one for a few weeks now and works perfectly, used it on Saturday and brought up 3 codes (numbers only, no text etc.), the manual supplied gives the code numbers and the fault that it means. The codes I needed weren't in the manual but were in the code section on this forum so had no troubles!
Although I didn't realise you could get a vagcom cable for so little.