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Greetings all. I am an OBDEleven user and coming to realize VCDS goes deeper. My son's newly purchased 2005 Jetta has a few issues we're troubleshooting. In my initial research, I see there's such a thing as, "VCDS lite". Could that help me dig further into the issues?
1) Horn does not work (Obdeleven reports codes 00906 and 01134 - alarm/horn)
2) Airbag warning (code 01221)
3) Battery requires jump when car sits for 24 hours. In 48 hours, completely dead.

Thank you
 
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Depends on the model of Jetta.. MKIV or MKV? 2005 was a model change year halfway through the year. If MKIV, VCDS-Lite with a KKL wire purchased from others should work fine. If MKV, you will need a real full VCDS system like our present offerings.
 
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MK5 is CAN Diagnostics. You need an interface that is capable of CAN communications. Out of production units may be available on the web with the names Micro-CAN or HEX+CAN. Be careful if you go that route... there are many clones out there and they have poor performance and will not be tolerated here.

The real products are found on our web site or through our distrib network.
 
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errrrr...do you have cloned VCDS in USA ??? I thought you could get clones only in Europe :) If so, what the fuck does the US CBP all day long ?
 
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do you have cloned VCDS in USA ???
We do, although they are not nearly as common here as in certain other parts of the world.

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We do, although they are not nearly as common here as in certain other parts of the world.

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Knowing how suspicious the american shoppers are ( warranty , price , etc etc ) how the hell the clone sellers get past that ? You don t sell shit there without being asked minimum 100 questions
 
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Knowing how suspicious the american shoppers are ( warranty , price , etc etc ) how the hell the clone sellers get past that ?
Some are simply too cheap to be willing to spend the money on a legitimate one.

A few don't practice "due diligence".

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