Buying a VAG-COM

[tomsimmons]

A few years back a purchased a VAG-COM thing from eBay for my Fathers car to read and clear the system, at the time he was having issues with a dodgy ABS sensor.

I'm tempted to buy one myself now, seeing as I now have two Octavias.

Looking on eBay I see this (or many like it)...

Is this what folk in the know would recommend or...

Tom

[2SkodaFamily]

Yes I have one that looks like that, and a free copy of vcds lite.

[VRS Nick]

To be honest you get what you pay for . Ive tryed them and to say it went straight in the bin . Me and my dad brought one of these

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUTEL-VW-AUDI-SEAT-SKODA-VAG-405-VAG405-CODE-READER-/250768126351?pt=UK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item3a62f1f18f

Seem to work ok and does what you need to do

[lumac999]

To be honest you get what you pay for . Ive tryed them and to say it went straight in the bin . Me and my dad brought one of these

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUTEL-VW-AUDI-SEAT-SKODA-VAG-405-VAG405-CODE-READER-/250768126351?pt=UK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item3a62f1f18f

Seem to work ok and does what you need to do

Got one of these the other day. Great bit of kit and does what you need it to. If you only need to read and diagnose codes this is what you want. Here's a cheaper link:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAG-405-DIAGNOSTIC-FAULT-CODE-READER-VW-AUDI-GROUP-/110653831263?pt=UK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item19c37b785f

Can also get more expensive ones but this seems to do the job.

Alos have one of the cables to use with VCDS lite although not used it yet. A bit paranoid I'll do soemthing I shouldn't.

[mbames]

Got one of these the other day. Great bit of kit and does what you need it to. If you only need to read and diagnose codes this is what you want. Here's a cheaper link:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAG-405-DIAGNOSTIC-FAULT-CODE-READER-VW-AUDI-GROUP-/110653831263?pt=UK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item19c37b785f

Can also get more expensive ones but this seems to do the job.

Alos have one of the cables to use with VCDS lite although not used it yet. A bit paranoid I'll do soemthing I shouldn't.

If you use VCDS lite then there is little wrong you can do, iirc.

[Gizmo]

Edited for accuracy

If you use VCDS lite then there is little wrong you can do, iirc.

[devonutopia]

LOL - Full VCDS for £260 (ish) is about as good as you can get. I love mine!

[Gizmo]

LOL - Full VCDS for £260 (ish) is about as good as you can get. I love mine!

+1

[tomsimmons]

I'm afraid a full VCDS was beyond me. So I got the cheapo cable of eBay and downloaded VCDS-Lite.

Had it connected, found the initial fault I was looking for.

Out of interest, where would I find a complete list of all the modules that I should be able to access?

Tom