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I figured I would update this post 7.5 months later, it looks quite a bit different now: Just like with stock performance, timeframe perspective really alters the picture. The initial mound of cases is dwarfed by the second round that followed about 8 months later. Thankfully, deaths did not...

Is this a brand new airbag controller purchased from the VW dealer based on the VIN? It looks strange in that there is no Coding shown in your scan and ROD files shows "N/A" despite a ROD being needed for the fault codes. Based on the VIN on PartsLink24 this car should have: 6R0 959 655 K 01F...

This fault is typically caused by something like a faulty gas cap (check the o-ring for cracks): http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/16826/P0442/001090 You could try clamping off the N80 then run Basic Settings in group 071 followed by 070 which should test the evap components. The other...

Nerdy but cool:

For lack of a better place to put these, here are a few videos I made of a 2021 Audi e-tron quattro loaner car, based on requests from the peanut gallery:

AutoScan: WA1LAAGE6MB006424 Tuesday,26,January,2021,09:10:20:10162 VCDS -- Windows Based VAG/VAS Emulator Running on Windows 7 x64 VCDS Version: 21.1.0.1 (x64) HEX-NET2 CB: 0.4541.4 Data version: 20201125 DS324.0 www.Ross-Tech.com VIN: WA1LAAGE6MB006424 License Plate: Chassis Type...

blockmap-51-0EF-907-080-E_WA1LAAGE6MB006424-20210126-0853.CSV ;SW:0EF-907-080-E HW:0EF-907-080-E --- Electric Drive ;Component:CUFZD68540AD0 H06 1002, Coding:01000000000000000000 ;EV_DMCMHITACAU516,003009,EV_DMCM2HITACAU516_003.rod ;Tuesday,26,January,2021,08:53:02:10162 ;VCDS Version: Beta...

AutoScan: WA1LAAGE6MB006424 Tuesday,26,January,2021,09:10:20:10162 VCDS -- Windows Based VAG/VAS Emulator Running on Windows 7 x64 VCDS Version: 21.1.0.1 (x64) HEX-NET2 CB: 0.4541.4 Data version: 20201125 DS324.0 www.Ross-Tech.com VIN: WA1LAAGE6MB006424 License Plate: Chassis Type...

Tuesday,26,January,2021,09:10:20:10162 VCDS -- Windows Based VAG/VAS Emulator Running on Windows 7 x64 VCDS Version: 21.1.0.1 (x64) HEX-NET2 CB: 0.4541.4 Data version: 20201125 DS324.0 www.Ross-Tech.com VIN: WA1LAAGE6MB006424 License Plate: Chassis Type: GE-AU58 (4K1) Scan: 01 03 09 13 15...

This one was ALMOST kinda sorta correct: "Donnamaire"

A story in two parts: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/09/facebook-posts/facebook-posts-wrongly-claim-left-wing-activist-an/ ... and then: https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1354781/download You'd think Politifact would post a retraction or something? This guy is a...

Try a search from the Ross-Tech homepage instead: https://www.ross-tech.com/Search-Results.html?q=vw%20id.3

FYI, the search box on the Ross-Tech homepage searches the website, wiki, and this forum: https://www.ross-tech.com/index.html