Know vag com cables

Know vag com cables

 

VAG-COM: Auto Diagnostic Tool

 

VCDS (VAG-COM's new name and stands for VAG-COM Diagnostic System) is an aftermarket factory level diagnostic tool for VAG cars covering model years from 1990 to 2010. VAG-COM will also work with most late-model SEAT, and Skoda models sold in markets other than North America. The system runs on the users Windows based PC. A specially designed interface lead connects the PC to the diagnostic port (known as a DLC) in the car. The software is used to read and clear fault codes stored in the control modules of the car, to view live date from the sensors connected to the modules, to exercise the built in tests the modules are designed to carry out, and to perform basic configuration functions on the modules themselves. 

 

VAG-COM uses VW's proprietary diagnostic protocol. Although you can use an OBD-II Scan Tool in an OBD-II compliant (1996 or newer) VW or Audi, an OBD-II Scan Tool can only talk to the engine, not the numerous other "intelligent" systems in the car. Want to reprogram your central locks or your Radio? Diagnose a problem with your ABS, Airbags, or Automatic Transmission? Re-align your Immobilizer after swapping ECU's? Reset your Service Reminder Indicators? Communicate with a pre-1996 model (not OBD-II compliant) car? An OBD-II Scan-Tool can't do any of these things. But a VAG-COM scan tool can do it.

 

VAG-COM is the first aftermarket VAG-Tool that:
* Is fully compatible with all VW, Audi, Seat and Skoda models through 2008(VAG-COM 908.1 can work with 2009 cars), including models using a direct CAN connection for diagnostics.
* Has a database of more than 9000 fault-codes and measuring-block texts.
* Can use the new 7-Digit PIN/SKC codes to match new keys in all immobilizer equipped VW/Audi/Seat/Skoda models.
* Allows you to view, log, and graph 3 groups of Measuring Blocks at once
* Can access all control modules which require proprietary VAG modes running the new KWP-2000 protocols (2001+ Teves Mk.60 ABS, numerous 2002+ modules)
* Can display critical timing information on TDI engines in graphic form

Make sure to check the following VAG COM cables, maybe one of them is right for your cars.

* VAG-COM 805.1
* VAG-COM 908.1
* VAG-COM 704.1
* VAG-COM 812.4

* VAG-COM 409.1