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Offline AlexMozza

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VAG COM
« on: 07 October 2010, 20:28 »
Just noticed that my Airbag and ABS lights don't light up any more so Im planning on using vagcom to see if that helps, anyway had a look on the site and cant seem to find any info on what type of cable in need for my GTI to go from Laptop to car :(

Its a 1997 MK3 GTi 8V

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Offline Deano2711

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Re: VAG COM
« Reply #1 on: 07 October 2010, 20:32 »
OBDII....commonly found on the bay for a tenner Mate
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Re: VAG COM
« Reply #2 on: 07 October 2010, 20:38 »
but dont buy the ones for a tenner...none of them work because they use a cloned chip or something...my bro's bought 2 of them, and neither of them have worked. If your gonna buy one, dont get it off ebay
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Offline Deano2711

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Re: VAG COM
« Reply #3 on: 07 October 2010, 20:39 »
No offence Mate but plenty of people on here have bought the ten pound ones and they are using them regularly.
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Re: VAG COM
« Reply #4 on: 07 October 2010, 20:42 »
 :shocked: how the bloody hell they managed that? weve tried with two different cables, and allsorts of different programs and everytime its always reported that it cant conect to the car, or the cable has a cloned chip or some other pish. Anybody got any good "how to" guides to get them working?
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Offline dragongreengolfgti

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Re: VAG COM
« Reply #5 on: 07 October 2010, 20:43 »
mate you should have said when you was at mine earlier i would have scanned your car for you lol i have vag com btw  :smug:
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Re: VAG COM
« Reply #6 on: 07 October 2010, 20:43 »
Yeah I've got an ebay tenner jobby and it works perfectly well. Sometimes it can be a bugger to install and set up, but eventually it will work. It's worked well since I bought it and it does the same job as the £200 counterpart  :smiley:
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Re: VAG COM
« Reply #7 on: 07 October 2010, 20:46 »
HOOOW!!!????? lol. followed the instructions on the disc that came with the cables, but for all that that achieved id have been as well sticking it up the cats arse and trying to run diagnostics on that.
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Re: VAG COM
« Reply #8 on: 07 October 2010, 20:50 »
Quote from: Khare on 07 October 2010, 20:43
it does the same job as the £200 counterpart  :smiley:

apart from free updates and support for life, module coding/adaptations, live data logging and my personal favourite.. a chipset that doesn't destroy airbag ECUs on a regular basis :laugh:
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Re: VAG COM
« Reply #9 on: 07 October 2010, 21:00 »
Quote from: topher on 07 October 2010, 20:50
Quote from: Khare on 07 October 2010, 20:43
it does the same job as the £200 counterpart  :smiley:

apart from free updates and support for life, module coding/adaptations, live data logging and my personal favourite.. a chipset that doesn't destroy airbag ECUs on a regular basis :laugh:

Well yeah, I meant to put that but I just couldn't type fast enough  :laugh:
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