Hi.
When I had the Rover 75's I was lucky enough to have the Rover genuine Diagnostic system Testbook 4 or more commonly known as T4.
You literally could do anything with it from adjusting engine idle speed, leakback diagnostics on injectors, coding in key remote controls, configuring instrument packs and lots more.

As I normally do 90% of my own work (Please don't tell the missus as she thinks I'll drop dead under the car) I'd like to invest in the Fiat EcuScan............ there is though the nagging question is it as good an item as the Fiat dealer has in the workshop? Can it do keys, coding of ECU's etc, if not is the manufacturers software available or another alternative?

Yes it can do keys and probably nearly everything the Fiat dealer system can. I do know that it is not completely the same, but it allows fitting of new parts to be registered, testing of all electrical functions on the car, forced DPF cleansing, and all sorts of adjustments and re-sets. The error descriptions are pretty good and of course you can reset the service intervals.

You can get a decent look at this software via the free demo, but obviously no adjustments / change functions. The people at Gendan.co.uk are really helpful and I am sure would speak on the phone to answer detailed queries, they did for me.

petercresswell said:

Yes it can do keys and probably nearly everything the Fiat dealer system can. I do know that it is not completely the same, but it allows fitting of new parts to be registered, testing of all electrical functions on the car, forced DPF cleansing, and all sorts of adjustments and re-sets. The error descriptions are pretty good and of course you can reset the service intervals.

You can get a decent look at this software via the free demo, but obviously no adjustments / change functions. The people at Gendan.co.uk are really helpful and I am sure would speak on the phone to answer detailed queries, they did for me.

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Thank you Peter. You've answered my questions brilliantly. I think I'll call the chaps and have a chat. ?

petercresswell said:

Yes it can do keys and probably nearly everything the Fiat dealer system can. I do know that it is not complete.

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Which model/ style keys have you coded..??

Until recently my local independent garage could do everything but reset the service indicator, but they can do this as well now.