In part of our latest communication I was telling Grant (at Gendan) about the possibility of us replacing my younger boy's Astra estate with a Tipo T-jet estate and my concerns about being able to use MES on it due to the security gateway being introduced on later vehicles.
I got a very interesting reply from him. He advised plugging MES in before buying if possible - I suppose that could be difficult - and run a scan where it should come up for Modules Present. He said he hasn't yet seen a security gate module on a prefacelift (up to 2018?) vehicle - we won't be buying a new one - but even if it does come up it's not a problem as he can supply me with a kit of SGW (Security Gateway) bypass leads which then allows "full diagnostics" to be performed! Good news indeed?
I got a very interesting reply from him. He advised plugging MES in before buying if possible - I suppose that could be difficult - and run a scan where it should come up for Modules Present. He said he hasn't yet seen a security gate module on a prefacelift (up to 2018?) vehicle - we won't be buying a new one - but even if it does come up it's not a problem as he can supply me with a kit of SGW (Security Gateway) bypass leads which then allows "full diagnostics" to be performed! Good news indeed?