custom tune for error code checking
03-06-2011, 04:55 PM
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custom tune for error code checking
ok, so i got a custom sct x3 tune from brenspeed, however, my daily drive which is a 2000 VW recently has a light come on, i was wondering can i use my tune to just plug in to check the code? or i need a diagnostic tools?
03-06-2011, 05:03 PM
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The DTC (Diagnostic Trouble Code) reader is free I think, as in not locked to the vehicle even if a custom tune is in use. You can read the trouble code(s) from the VW, no problem, ya just canīt flash itīs ECU with any actual tune.
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03-06-2011, 05:32 PM
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Wow, that is cool. I did not know that.
03-06-2011, 06:19 PM
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Descriptions might be more than a bit off, as the ones we have are set to give īem for FORD specifically though. 
Just doing standard ODB-II reading for itīs DTC on any of these units. Iīd be kinda honked-off if that part of any of these after-market flashers was locked, considering a $20 chip is all that is really required to read them.
Hereīs a newer example. Love my OBDLink though, shame I havenīt a clue what much of that data actually means that it gives me, but still..
Just doing standard ODB-II reading for itīs DTC on any of these units. Iīd be kinda honked-off if that part of any of these after-market flashers was locked, considering a $20 chip is all that is really required to read them.
Hereīs a newer example. Love my OBDLink though, shame I havenīt a clue what much of that data actually means that it gives me, but still..
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