{"id":3235,"date":"2024-01-15T02:26:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T02:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voodoo.business\/?p=3235"},"modified":"2024-03-03T22:17:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T22:17:22","slug":"vw-group-obd-ii-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voodoo.business\/blog\/2024\/01\/15\/vw-group-obd-ii-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"VW group OBD-II tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First, If you are here to research before you buy, the post explaining everything not specific, but applies to VW is here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VW- group cars include Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Skoda, Bentley, MAN, Lamborghini, and Bugatti, all those vehicles use the same VW diagnostics software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The software for VW cars is called ODIS and comes in 2 flavors, Service and Engineering (ODIS-S, and ODIS-E)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don’t need all of the hardware to run the ODIS system as any windows based machine should replace most parts of the station, What you will need is a VCI pass-thru device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, you don’t need the original hardware at all for that purpose, Your laptop and a cheap passthrough device should do, for example, the GODIAG GD101 is a $20 passthrough piece that works with VWs own software<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legend:
Red<\/mark> = Complete system
Green<\/mark> = VCI passthrough plug<\/p>\n\n\n\n