I have a solid abs light on. I scanned the comp with my scangauge, but no codes came up. On the scangauge site, its says its compatible. Do I need a different reader? Or dont abs codes come up? Also have an airbag light from the blown airbag, is there any tool besides the pricey vag-com?

 

nope. Find someone near you with the VAG or go to the stealership for just a diagnostic.

 

Considering that most garages charge ~$85 to "diagnose" your car... $250 vag-com is a steal. It's mandatory if you want to DIY repairs.

 

nope, if you get the cable from ebay, you can scan abs fine. make sure to buy from a person called alphabid though.

 

This is all I found on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/VW-AUDI-SEAT-SKO...sid=p1638.m122

I do plan on doing most of my own work, and I do plan on owning audis for a while. But sheesh 250 bucks. And its only good for audis?

 

Yeah hiwords is right, if you get the ebay version you can save a lot of money and keep like 80% more of the usefull functionality. Here's the break down of the differences. http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/vag-functions.html

 

Will I be able to get rid of my airbag light and check brake codes? Theres really nothing else that I want to do besides read and clear codes. Its just a 12v 2.8. Not much to care about. If I pick up an S4 I might opt for the real deal.

Oh and I didnt see the cable on ebay that was mentioned. Is there anything I should look out for or stay away from? They are all roughly the same price.

Thanks for the help!

 

i just bought one on ebay. Ill tell you how it is once i get it if you want. If you can wait haha Better then have both of us buy one and they suck.

 

Fvck e-bay cables! Spend the $250 to get all the functions of the VAG COM, your literally getting a scanner equal to the $5,000 VAS factory scan tool!

 

Does you have any other lights acting crazy on the cluster? Also you could just look up someone that has a Vag-com and meet up. Then you are only a few beers shy on the wallet. Changes are the ABS is bad (common) you can take the wheel liner out and reach the ABS unit. Take that out mail it and have it rebuild, you can have it remade for 200.00 all said and done.

Also 250.00 still isn't bad for what you can do....I kick myself for they used to be 150 for a full version.