Scan Gauge 2 - Will it work on a 2001 VW Passat 2.8 V6

[Herman Toothrot]

So I get a cheap VagCom cable and it didn't (I did say it wouldn't work.. small print and all).

Anyway on the VX220 club people recommend the scangauge2 which in its advertising blurb say works with all OBD2 cars and can turn off engine warning lights etc.

Has anyone tried one on a VW? I figure if it works on both my cars then the £124 isn't to bad a spend.

[BoraBora]

VAG com is best for VW, you could buy a cable of ebay and use the free version or crack it for the full version, or even buy the full version

[Herman Toothrot]

BoraBora said:

VAG com is best for VW, you could buy a cable of ebay and use the free version or crack it for the full version, or even buy the full version

I got an ebay cable and Vag Com but found it doesn't support the Passat. I assumed it'd work on all VAG's but looking at the small print they don't work for :-

Mk5 & mk6 Passat
A3 8P
A4 B7
A6 C6/F4
A8 D3/4E
Altea 5P
Leon 1P
Toledo 5P
Octavia 1Z
Caddy 2K
Golf mk5 1K
Jetta mk5 1K
Phaeton
Touran 1T

[Matt_N]

I bought a code reader off of ebay for £17.99, its an OBD2 one and works fine on my 2001 Golf.

Not sure why it wont work on the Passat, is it something to do with the engine being an Audi unit, maybe its a CAN BUS port?

If its OBD2 it should work, VW didnt switch over to CAN BUS till a few years later.

[Herman Toothrot]

I can report the scangauge works perfectly, code read and cleared within 10 seconds of plugging it in