Recent content by JulianHicks

The box below shows a [slightly edited for space reasons] display from the first stage of the SRI option on the VCDS front menu from my 2015 A8 in the UK. I use this to see what the service state is and then press 'Cancel', so I don't change anything. Thursday,06,August,2020,20:23:52:22069...

The VCDS SRI 'button' is a useful tool between services, as you can select it, watch the Instrument panel channel values being read quickly and seeing the table of values displayed. Then you cancel the reset you've invoked, but you have a text log of the value table, I believe, in the Debug...

I've tried searching but can't find any specifics about using VCDS to alter specific fields in the instrument cluster that are used for Service alerts. Specifically, I'd like to alter the "IDE03349-FIX: Max. distance until next mileage-related inspection" field as it seems to be set incorrectly...

Edited to add VCDS interface used. Just [Re]run the Optical Bus Scan against my recently acquired A8 D4 2016 with my Hex+CAN USB interface. As before, it almost finishes [green bar almost at the end] when I get the Windows 'box' saying: "Please Upgrade to a current Ross Tech Interface - Only...

Find below the Autoscan of my newly acquired UK market D4 A8 Friday,28,September,2018,11:56:51:53697 VCDS -- Windows Based VAG/VAS Emulator Running on Windows 10 x86 VCDS Version: 18.2.1.2 Data version: 20180518 DS287.1 www.Ross-Tech.com VIN: WAUZZZ4H4GN002801 License Plate: Chassis...

I'm about to replace the Battery Management ECU - 4E0 915 181 - on my 2005 D3 A8 with a newer second hand unit with a later level of firmware. Obviously this will have the battery logs of the car from which it was removed. I know I can do a 'sort of' clear by changing the battery serial...

Guys; I've just discovered that although registered, I can't post to the 'How To's and Tips' forum to ask a 'How To' question. Is this intentional? Julian

Guys; I've had a few 'battery flats' on my 2005 A8 D3, but the recent one, for some reason, reset my Control Head [CH] to some sort of factory default! When I started the car again, the MMI and DIS text were in German [it's normally UK English:)] and I'd lost most of my options off the Car...

I was running VCDS Autoscan on my A8 using latest Beta using my usual 'Core Duo' laptop. I'd run an Autoscan about 10 minutes earlier, without any Radio ECU issue and I'd then run an Optical Bus scan, which was also OK. [No log - see other thread :D] I'd cleared all the faults that were...

Guys; I had cause to run some Debug=1024 runs for you recently and assumed that the file names were timestamped. As I had several runs I thought there would be several sets of Debug-x files, somehow identifying each run, but when I finished, there were only one set of files. As I couldn't...

Guys; I had cause to run the MOST optical bus scan on my D3 A8 today but I forgot to save the scan while I was conencted to the car. It was OK but I would have liked to save the results in my car history log. Could you please consider automatically logging Optical scans the same way that you...

I've just started getting EPB alerts for the rear pads on my D3 A8: Address 53: Parking Brake Labels: 4E0-910-801.clb Part No SW: 4E0 910 801 A HW: 4E0 907 801 Component: EPB AV1C1010 H01 1010 Revision: AV1C1010 Coding: 0000221 Shop #: WSC 13765 210 01865...

And another strange issue on a different car with the latest Beta! Ran an Autoscan earlier today on my friend's Skoda Fabia as he had the ABS light permanently on in the instrument panel. I've only just fully analysed the log and noticed that one of the ECUs [46 Central Convenience] is...

Last Saturday I used VCDS on my friend's MY2002 UK TT for the first time. On two runs [before clear and after clear] I got the same message from VCDS for ECU 17 - Instruments. No Faults Found or DTCs not supported by controller or a communication error occurred Edited logs for these...

Guys; I've just been trying to diagnose the following EPB DTC with my A8 D3: Address 53: Parking Brake Labels: 4E0-910-801.clb Part No SW: 4E0 910 801 A HW: 4E0 907 801 Component: EPB AV1C1010 H01 1010 Revision: AV1C1010 Coding: 0000221 Shop #: WSC 13765 210...