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I have a known good (it's in my Golf right now) NA 1999.5 socketed ECU that you could try to see if that makes any difference. And if you happened to return it tuned for Bosio DLC520 nozzles, I wouldn't complain. :)

I think the odds are low of bricking the ECU. I've never had it happen and several people have reported deleting the Immo this way and no one has reported any issues. However, looking at your profile, it seems your car is not a TDI. In that case, you can't use kw1281test to delete the...

Thanks for the kind words. This link should show you how delete the immo: https://github.com/gmenounos/kw1281test/wiki/EDC15-Immobilizer-Delete

Here are a couple formulas for VDO 919 EEPROM checksums (courtesy of @vampirelo): Formula1 (Works on 3B0919881F, 1J0919880): Add up all the bytes at addresses 0x91 to 0xB9 inclusive and invert the total. Sample code: public static byte Vdo919Checksum1(byte[] eepromBytes) { byte checksum =...

I know this is an old thread, but I have answers to some of the unanswered questions. Here's how the VDO odometer encoding works: https://github.com/gmenounos/vwcluster/blob/main/Odometer.md

My daughter is going to be old enough to get her license towards the end of the year so last Sunday morning we spent an hour in a mostly deserted parking lot learning to drive the Golf. Was her first time driving any car and she had to learn the clutch at the same time, but she did pretty well.

kw1281test can also match keys.

Depends on where you live. I can't think of anyone I know around here besides me who's bought a used vehicle. I'm the weirdo who buys used cars. The only new car I've ever bought was the Model 3 and that wasn't until I was 56.

$693 - $4F4 = $19E, but you need to add one so that it's $1A0. For example, if you were copying from address 1 to address 2, the length is 2, not 1.

Assuming you've got a needle sweep patch loaded into the cluster, you can dump out just the patch by specifying the start address, length, and filename: kw1281test COM1 10400 17 DumpEeprom 0x4F4 0x1A0 NeedleSweep_VWK501MH_00A4.bin I don't even know what the vagcom editor is, so maybe that's...

If you always get a timeout or error running both of those commands, it sounds like your cluster is not supported. Sorry.

You can use kw1281test to load a patch into the cluster. Let's say that your patch is contained in the file NeedleSweep_VWK501MH_00A4.bin and it should start at address 0x4F4, you'd load it into the cluster like this: kw1281test COM1 10400 17 LoadEeprom 0x4F4 NeedleSweep_VWK501MH_00A4.bin...

Did you try the "dumprbxmem 66560 1024" kw1281test command?

The EV-specific (or maybe just Tesla-specific) tires have a layer of foam inside to make them quieter. So it could be that the car you were in didn't have the quieter tires. Supposedly the 2024's are a lot quieter...

Yeah, I don't really get the deal with the glass roof. Maybe it's nicer for people sitting in the back seat. In the front you don't even notice it. I wear a baseball hat most of the time when I leave the house because I'm bald and the brim keeps the sun out of my eyes. I think the hat keeps my...

Found a couple interesting videos about Model 3's with more years and miles than mine. This guy has 85k miles on his and his first set of tires lasted 55k miles: Here's one that somebody bought that had 180k miles and the battery still had 90% of its original capacity:

@Stoikoki Well, good news, bad news. The good news is that I found a cheap one on eBay and it only took about a week to get here (from Luxembourg!) and I've released a new version that supports it. The bad news is that you can only access the EEPROM if the cluster has less than 100km on the...

I would recommend trying Windows 10. kw1281test is written using .NET 9, which isn't supported on Windows 7.

Well there are also EVs like this (4-year-old battery pack with 30k km left on the pack warranty and cheaper so you'd have something left over to get a charger installed, and plenty of range for your commute). But not as fun to drive and kind of weird looking. We rented a 2023 Bolt EV for a...

Currently can already use them: Ford General Motors (GM) Genesis Hyundai Kia Lucid Mercedes-Benz Nissan Polestar Rivian Volvo VW supposedly being added in June.