Couple Of Vag Com Questions.

[Wallis22]

Hey. I'm looking to get a Vag Com for my Ibiza and was looking for some help...

Does anyone know the best, ie cheapest, place to get one from? Also, do i need a laptop to read the codes or is there a system that allows you to read the code on the actual system?

Basically, i don't have a laptop and wish to know if i need one. I have a PC so can i get an adapter or something that allows me to read and save the code then upload it to my PC?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

 

[JonTelfer]

You need a computer attached to the car, so that's either a long USB extension for your current PC, or a new laptop which will also allow you to do logging whilst driving.
Have a look at the Ross-Tech site about cables, if your car isn't CAN BUS then you can get a cable from ebay and run an earlier version of vag com in shareware mode pretty cheaply.

Jon

 

[Wallis22]

Cheers for the reply. I recently had my car scanned and they hooked it up to something that didn't need a computer to read the codes. He just connected it to the car and we went for a drive with it still connected, no computer or anything. Does anyone know if this is avalible on the market? I'll search the web and find out but if anyone knows what it is or where to get it i'll be extremly grateful. Thanks.

 

[JonTelfer]

There are hand held scanners, but I think these are limited to just reading error codes, like this one:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAN-VAG-com-V...sPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
Not sure if that link will work but "vw code scanner" should give something similar in google.
These will give error codes stored in the engine, but are limited in scope compared to Ross Tech vag com. This is the depth of fault description I get from vag-com

Wednesday,29,August,2007,17:39:10:10373
VAG-COM Version: Release 704.1
Data version: 20070723
Jon Telfer
Chassis Type: 1K0
Scan: 01 03 08 09 15 16 17 19 25 42 44 46 52 56 62 72 77

VIN: VSSZZZ5P   Mileage: 29770km/18498miles

00-Steering Angle Sensor -- Status: OK 0000
01-Engine -- Status: Malfunction 0010
03-ABS Brakes -- Status: OK 0000
08-Auto HVAC -- Status: OK 0000
09-Cent. Elect. -- Status: OK 0000
15-Airbags -- Status: OK 0000
16-Steering wheel -- Status: OK 0000
17-Instruments -- Status: OK 0000
19-CAN Gateway -- Status: OK 0000
25-Immobilizer -- Status: OK 0000
42-Door Elect, Driver -- Status: OK 0000
44-Steering Assist -- Status: OK 0000
46-Central Conv. -- Status: OK 0000
52-Door Elect, Pass. -- Status: OK 0000
56-Radio -- Status: OK 0000
62-Door,Rear Left -- Status: OK 0000
72-Door, Rear Right -- Status: OK 0000
77-Telephone -- Status: OK 0000
 
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Address 01: Engine       Labels: None
   Part No SW: 03G 906 018 EC    HW: 03G 906 018 EC
   Component: R4 2.0l PPD1.2 G    9583
   Coding: 0050072
   Shop #: WSC 02108

2 Faults Found:
005522 - Altitude Sensor / Boost Pressure Sensor: Implausible Correlation 
               P1592 - 006 - Short to Plus - MIL ON
             Freeze Frame:
                    Fault Status: 11100001
                    Fault Priority: 5
                    Fault Frequency: 125
                    Reset counter: 40
                    Mileage: 28231 km
                    Time Indication: 0
                    Date: 2000.00.00
                    Time: 10:47:27

             Freeze Frame:
                    RPM: 0 /min
                    Torque: 0.0 Nm
                    Speed: 0.0 km/h
                        0.00 %
                    Voltage: 12.32 V
                    Pressure: 1001.1 mbar
                    Pressure: 1491.0 mbar

000257 - Mass Air Flow Sensor (G70): Implausible Signal 
               P0101 - 006 - Short to Plus - Intermittent
             Freeze Frame:
                    Fault Status: 00000001
                    Fault Priority: 1
                    Fault Frequency: 10
                    Reset counter: 38
                    Mileage: 29693 km
                    Time Indication: 0
                    Date: 2000.00.00
                    Time: 16:55:45

             Freeze Frame:
                    RPM: 1600 /min
                    Torque: 0.0 Nm
                    Speed: 85.0 km/h
                    Temperature: 21.0�C
                    Pressure: 1363.2 mbar
                    Text:    100    
                    Text: kg/h      

Readiness: N/A

The major upside for the tuning people is the realtime logging of engine sensor values e.g. boost pressure vs rpm etc.


Jon