VAG-COM cable ?

[cbrpaul]

Ok bought a cable , and it doesnt seem to fit my purple 16 pin connector under my ashtray on my 1999 sharan 1.9tdi

have i got the wrong cable , i thought a cable was a cable and they were all the same
cable says KKL VAG-COM on it and it connects to via a serial 9 pin on the pc itself

So do i now have a worthless cable ???

[ini]

The end of the connector on the cable is generally quite flexible, it may be slightly deformed, and need a little more pressure and wiggling to get into the tight connector.

[Sam]

Do you have a picture of the business end of the cable?

Sometimes the surround of the port is a little too tight.

[cbrpaul]

guys thankyou for your prompt replies , u r stars

, ive pushed the lead connector on as best i can , it went on but not all the way so to speak ,

but fired up my laptop went to port configure select com1 and guess what ,

IT READ THE ECU WOOHOOOOO


i went into fault codes and there was a coolant fault , as i disconnected this last week !! so cleared it , no problem !!!

I got another fault , " interior sensor " and some number will look into that later i guess , didnt know there was interior sensors anyway !!

thx guys


ive also added myself to the VAG-COM location list to help out other members