ECU swap (computer)

[Lombi]

im having trouble using vcds to swap the ecu in my 2010 jetta TDI.

does anyone have a procedure i can follow?

i cant seem to find my immobilizer ID#

 

[Uwe]

A 2010 does not use a traditional Immobilizer ID. It uses a challenge/response mechanism, where the challenge changes with every cycle of the ignition, and the only device that knows how to generate the appropriate response to the challenge is the server on VW's corporate mothership.

-Uwe-

 

[Lombi]

so there is no way for me to swap computer at home using vcds?

 

[Bruce]

That is correct. A factory tool is the only means we know..

 

[Uwe]

A factory tool is the only means we know..

A factory tool, talking to the factory server...

Some people may have other, back-door ways of doing it.

-Uwe-