my friend turned off her ignition b/c the (non-stop) chiming annoyed her, so maybe that's why it failed?-\
but yes, i entered the last 3 digits, and came up with a full vin...didn't think to x-check w/car, & it had been dropped when i reopened vcds...
is there something i can do to debug the issue?
danke, uwe, looks like my friend's 2014 ford chatterbox isn't iso/obd2 compatible:-(borkbork)-:
i was worried that i'd spent a vin(vcds added it) but i just opened vcds & i'm back to just 1/3, whew;-)
btw, uwe was my highschool german teacher's name...he was born here while his parents were...
is there any downside to just trying it? a friend has the infamous ford chatterbox dct & it's cel is lit after an episode of overrevving & the dealer wants $170 just to read the codes:-\