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Hey I would like to say that this forum is just about the best of any car manufacturer forum I have ever been a part of.

I recently purchased a 2000 A6 Quattro for my mom and have to drive it across the country to her later in the week.. I went about 200 miles away to pick it up for her and drive it home... no problems there. I started it up the next morning to drive it to work and the CEL came on. It's not blinking so no big deal, but I want to fix it before I give it to her. Anyways it comes on and I go to the local parts store to use their OBD II scanner when I come to realize that the DLC is not in the normal triangle (kinda) shape but a more square purple connector...

Does this vehicle require a different scanner, because some European vehicles aren't OBD II compliant or someone at the store told me it was a service connector for emissions testing. But I don't believe that because the primary function of the OBD II connector and CEL is emissions.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! THANK YOU!!!