VAG COM Ross-Tech Shareware v Unlocked

[cphill22]

Bought a cable and using the shareware version, however only error code I have is
00542 - Needle lift Sensor (G80)
But if I had the unlocked version would it pick up more fault codes? or what else would it tell me?

TIA

[cphill22]

2001 A6 2.5TDI Quattro

£14 cable off ebay and VAG Com 409.1 -US

[Crasher]

409 v 805, no contest. Pay the £260 for a proper LEGAL cable and get regular updates and a tool only a few steps behind VAG’s own VAS 5052a which costs £6k.

[cphill22]

This is a list of the fault codes which made me think maybe some are not decoded:
3 Faults Found:
00542 - Needle lift Sensor (G80)
30-10 - Open or Short to B+ - Intermittent
00523 - Shareware Version. To Decode all DTCs
30-00 - Please Register/Activate
00575 - Shareware Version. To Decode all DTCs
08-10 - Please Register/Activate – Intermittent

[Crasher]

00542 Needle lift sender G80, Open circuit/short to positive

(Glow period warning lamp flashes) This fault message is stored if the voltage of the signal from the needle lift sender is greater than 0.6 V.

Possible causes

1) G80 defective
2) Open circuit or short circuit to G80

00523 Intake air temperature sender G42

Two versions

1) Short to earth

This fault message is stored if the voltage of the signal from the intake air temperature sender is less than 0.4 V.

a) G42- defective
b) Short to earth in wiring

2) Open circuit/short to positive

This fault message is stored if the voltage of the signal from the intake air temperature sender is greater than 4.7 V.

a) G42- defective
b) Open circuit or short to positive in wiring

00575 Intake manifold pressure

Two versions

1) Regulating limit not reached

This fault message is stored if the measured charge pressure is 800 mbar lower than the specified value for about 4 seconds above a certain engine speed and injection quantity.

a) Hoses not connected, wrongly connected, blocked or leaking
b) Turbocharger defective

2) Regulating limit exceeded

This fault message is stored if the measured charge pressure is 200 mbar higher than the specified value for about 4 seconds above a certain engine speed and injection quantity.

a) Charge pressure control solenoid valve -N75- defective
b) Turbocharger defective (charge pressure control mechanism sticking)

[cphill22]

Big thx for replies crasher, also found this on the ross site which explains the differences between shareware and licensed.

http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/vag-functions.html

Suppose what it means is that it will display all error codes but not give a detailed explanation with shareware, which gives me some relief that I dont have a car with a catalogue of issues.

[davidfbmw]

wheres the best place to buy genuine cable,if ross tech what will the import tax cost

[Crasher]

www.ilexa.co.uk

[bearthebruce]

wheres the best place to buy genuine cable,

From any of our UK distributors

if ross tech what will the import tax cost

I believe our UK customers pay the queen 17% or there abouts.

[Crasher]

Ilexa are a UK distributor and where I buy my cables from.

By the way, we don’t pay our taxes to the Queen; it goes to Gordon the Moron’s (our Prime Minister) government for them to waste on stupid things like bailing out banks that have been greedy.