Ebay vagcom lead drivers

[diesel-a4]

am after a copy of the driver cd you get with the ebay leads as ave lost mine only looking a quick scan for errors and its taking 3 days

[NHN]

This is prime example of why to buy genuine fella, so 3 days later wasted & a lead not much good as is, you have to admit its a good reason to get authentic

Problem is ebay leads are different versions so drivers will also be different I have found when I've checked ini files etc ages ago when I made the big mistake of buying cheap one, so you could ruin the lead by simply installing wrong drivers.

Get yourself an original & never have this problem again.

[diesel-a4]

theres no way am spending £200+ on something thats only gonna get used once in 6months mate, that money would be well spent some where else. i just want to scan for error codes so £200+ just for that is steep

were not all loaded

[NHN]

Who said I was loaded, now its 4 days huh lol

[diesel-a4]

u would need to be. my local mechanic has some APR hand held device that does almost all i have needed apart from a scan.

i found the driver gonna give it a spin tonight and if it don't work i may hold out till end of the month til payday

[aragorn]

The "driver" for the ebay cables is just a standard windows USB-Serial driver

The ebay leads use an older lead design with a serial based interface, then use a USB to serial converter to allow it to connect to the USB port on your laptop

I also agree with you about the price. I can afford to take a chance on £10, i cant afford £300 to read some fault codes off though.

i use the old 301? software with mine and it works perfectly fine. You may need to adjust the settings on the USB-Serial driver to get it onto one of the first 4 COM ports, mine came up as com7 initially but you can move it in the control panel.

[diesel-a4]

well the scan is done:

VAG-COM Version: Release 311.2-N


Chassis Type: 8D - Audi A4 B5
Scan: 01,02,03,08,15,17,25,35,45,55,56

Address 01 -------------------------------------------------------
Controller: 038 906 018 S
Component: 1,9l R4 EDC 00SG 1621
Coding: 00002
Shop #: WSC 06335
1 Fault Found:
00575 - Intake Manifold Pressure
17-10 - Control Difference - Intermittent
Readiness: N/A

Address 03 -------------------------------------------------------
Controller: 8E0 614 111 AB
Component: ABS 5.3 FRONT D00
Coding: 0273004281
Shop #: BB 24548
1 Fault Found:
00290 - ABS Wheel Speed Sensor: Rear Left (G46)
35-10 - - - Intermittent

Address 08 -------------------------------------------------------
Controller: 8L0 820 043 D
Component: A4 KLIMAVOLL
Note: Excessive Comm Errors

Skipping Address 15-Airbags

Address 17 -------------------------------------------------------
Controller: 8D0 919 930 H
Component: B5-KOMBIINSTR. VDO D03
Coding: 04440
Shop #: WSC 00000
IMMO-IDENTNR: AUZ7Z0W0408972
No fault code found.

Address 25 -------------------------------------------------------
Controller: Bitte Adress
Component: e 17 eingeben
No Faults Found
or DTCs not supported by controller
or a communication error ocurred

Address 35 -------------------------------------------------------
Controller: 8L0 862 257 G
Component: ZV-Pumpe, DWA, Funk D05
Coding: 13130
Shop #: WSC 06335
15 Faults Found:
01367 - Central Locking Pump Run Time Exceeded (Likely Leak)
35-00 - -
01371 - Alarm triggered by Door Contact Switch: Driver's Side
35-00 - -
01372 - Alarm triggered by Door Contact Switch: Passenger Side or Rear
35-00 - -
01374 - Alarm triggered by Terminal 15
35-00 - -
01370 - Alarm triggered by Interior Monitoring
35-00 - -
01369 - Alarm triggered by Hood Switch
35-00 - -
01368 - Alarm triggered by Luggage Compartment Switch
35-00 - -
01373 - Alarm triggered by Radio Ground Contact
35-00 - -
01361 - Switch for Anti-Theft Alarm: Close
29-00 - Short to Ground
01360 - Switch for Anti-Theft Alarm: Open
29-00 - Short to Ground
01362 - Close Switch for Tailgate/Trunk (F124)
29-00 - Short to Ground
01365 - Lock/Unlock Switch: Interior
29-00 - Short to Ground
01571 - Signal for Seat Memory
29-00 - Short to Ground
00991 - Interior Lights
28-00 - Short to B+
00955 - Key 1
09-00 - Adaptation Limit Surpassed

Address 45 -------------------------------------------------------
Controller: 4B0 951 173
Component: Innenraumueberw. D03
Coding: 00101
Shop #: WSC 06335
3 Faults Found:
01377 - Ultra Sonic Sensor for Alarm System: Left (G170)
27-10 - Implausible Signal - Intermittent
01378 - Ultra Sonic Sensor for Alarm System: Right (G171)
27-10 - Implausible Signal - Intermittent
01383 - Alarm triggered by Anti-Theft Sensor: Front Right
35-00 - -

End -------------------------------------------------------


so wtf does all that mean

[meatychi]

It looks like you have a lots of faults, possibly historic - I would reset the fault codes and re-run, in a week or so, to double check that these aren't redundant faults left from a previous owner!

[meatychi]

I have to agree with Diesel-A4 on this one - I have a cheap ass ebay cable and it worked fine, it read and cleared my ABS fault codes after fitting my ABS ECU.