hilts
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Does anyone know why the AA mans code reader would not recognise my car (54 plate multipla)?
Technical Car not recognised by code reader
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Technical Car not recognised by code reader
Fiat run on there own software and leads the reader the aa use would not read unless it multiecuscan installed
hilts
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so a scanner at a fiat dealer would recognise it then?
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You can download fiatecuscan for free....its now called multiscan.
You just need a USB to OBD adaptor
One of these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAG-KKL-U...iagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item46051054a0
And you can get the codes yourself.
From what you described in your other thread it may be a cam or crank sensor but really you should get your code first snce you have an engine management light on
Marty
You just need a USB to OBD adaptor
One of these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAG-KKL-U...iagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item46051054a0
And you can get the codes yourself.
From what you described in your other thread it may be a cam or crank sensor but really you should get your code first snce you have an engine management light on
Marty
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FiatFleetFamily
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AA use " Snap-On " Handheld scanners, that in reality do not really do anything. Do the above with a laptop or buy a Autel MS500 ( Approx £110.00 ) handheld or a Autel EU702 handheld ( Approx £170.00 ), both of the Autel's will do any Fiat/ Alfa / GM Petrol engine from Year 2000 or any Fiat / Alfa / GM Diesel from 2004.
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hilts
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ok thanks guys, car in currently at main Fiat dealer being dealt with (which is gonna hurt ALOT
) because i need it sorted fast as i am trading it in against another car later this week otherwise i would have gone through the process of sorting it myself.
thanks again
) because i need it sorted fast as i am trading it in against another car later this week otherwise i would have gone through the process of sorting it myself.thanks again
FiatFleetFamily
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ok thanks guys, car in currently at main Fiat dealer being dealt with (which is gonna hurt ALOT
thanks again
Diagnostic around £50.00, then £80.00+ for every hour...
Decent handheld as mentioned cover all cars, and pays for itself in very short space of time or the KKL cable and the laptop.
If you've got a laptop, the cost of a suitable OBD2 cable (around a tenner on ebay) and the free fiatecuScan/multiScan software is the way to go. The same money would just about pay for the Fiat dealer to make themselves a cup of tea.
Another alternative (though not as complete as MultiScan) is a Bluetooth ELM327 plug-in off ebay (around £12) and the free version of Torque from Android market onto your smartphone. Great for on-the-fly diagnosis. It's permanently plugged in to my Multi. Fix It Again Tomorrow!
Another alternative (though not as complete as MultiScan) is a Bluetooth ELM327 plug-in off ebay (around £12) and the free version of Torque from Android market onto your smartphone. Great for on-the-fly diagnosis. It's permanently plugged in to my Multi. Fix It Again Tomorrow!
As u say kkl cables and laptop 20 quid easy as that mines paid for its self and now selling on the forum
AA scanner should work (EOBD), either fault with car (what is wrong with it anyway?) or AA man hates multiplas and would rather it taken to garage
