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Title: VAG COM
Post by: BanburyCo on 05 October 2010, 22:39: Quick question,

Car seems very sluggish and hasn't been long since service so is it worth getting OBDII cable and VAG COM or is it only necessary to get when engine warning light comes on?

Thanks
Title: Re: VAG COM
Post by: Deano2711 on 05 October 2010, 22:42: Vag Com cable will tell you many things without the engine warning light Mate. An invaluable piece of kit for any VW owner IMO
Title: Re: VAG COM
Post by: tech1889 on 05 October 2010, 22:42: I recommend it to anyone its fantastic mate even if there is no lights doesn't mean there isn't codes stored away in there.. Get a ebay 3rd party obdII cable and then VAG COM you wont regret it..
Title: Re: VAG COM
Post by: BanburyCo on 05 October 2010, 22:55: Thanks for the quick reply just got some leads for £6.50 with VAG COM disk on ebay
Title: Re: VAG COM
Post by: tech1889 on 05 October 2010, 23:00: perfect mate thats all you need..
Title: Re: VAG COM
Post by: new to vw on 07 October 2010, 00:15: Hi there if you are quite close to me i could scan it for you......Only got the freeware version at the moment but can read and clear codes.... :grin: :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: VAG COM
Post by: AndyMk3 on 07 October 2010, 18:03: Quote from: BanburyCo on 05 October 2010, 22:55
Thanks for the quick reply just got some leads for £6.50 with VAG COM disk on ebay

you got a link matey?
Title: Re: VAG COM
Post by: BanburyCo on 24 October 2010, 13:00: Quote from: AndyMk3 on 07 October 2010, 18:03
Quote from: BanburyCo on 05 October 2010, 22:55
Thanks for the quick reply just got some leads for £6.50 with VAG COM disk on ebay

you got a link matey?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-KKL-OBD2-OBD-II-Diagnostic-Vag-vagcom-409-1-B06-/300423851392?pt=UK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item45f2a82d80 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-KKL-OBD2-OBD-II-Diagnostic-Vag-vagcom-409-1-B06-/300423851392?pt=UK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item45f2a82d80)

They do seem like a fair bit of trouble though as VAG COM doesn't like being used with after market cables and the VAGCOM that comes with it needs to be cracked but will share with you how after I have tested it in a minute
Title: Re: VAG COM
Post by: LowlifeDubber on 26 October 2010, 12:31: Cracking VAG-COM can be a pain unless you make a batch file to reiterate the registration details consstantly.A problem a lot of people have is when you go to clear dtc codes after a read it says it is not registered.(Even with sost of the cracks out there)
I can send people the batch file and details if required.

But if you like the software buy it.....and all that :wink:
Title: Re: VAG COM
Post by: rubjonny on 26 October 2010, 13:44: that batch file works but its not very good. i made a vbs file which does a much better job ;)
Title: Re: VAG COM
Post by: BanburyCo on 26 October 2010, 18:57: I have my copy now saying try before you activate etc.. all the time.

I tried control module finder took about 20minutes but never showed anything in log apart from engine ?? and abs but nothing else was getting written away, is that how it should be?
Title: Re: VAG COM
Post by: LowlifeDubber on 26 October 2010, 20:44: Quote from: rubjonny on 26 October 2010, 13:44
that batch file works but its not very good. i made a vbs file which does a much better job ;)
Thats right,thats what i did in the end(was a while ago and forgot)They are the d1,d2,d3 files if i remember rightly?
Title: Re: VAG COM
Post by: rubjonny on 27 October 2010, 10:19: yep, you need to setup a script to keep an eye on these files and re-copy them if they get deleted. the vbs i made also watches for vagcom.exe and closes itself after vagcom is shut down. using a vbs also means you dont have that ugly black dos window sat in the background.
Title: Re: VAG COM
Post by: BanburyCo on 27 October 2010, 19:31: I'm sh!t at .vbs don't suppose you could share your file?
Title: Re: VAG COM
Post by: rubjonny on 28 October 2010, 10:39: pm your email addy :)