After rectifying an abs fault on a new customers Q7 she asked us to investigate a long standing fault with the MMI system, namely apart from a brief illumination of the screen nothing functioned at all. We began by connecting the Autologic Assist in order to communicate with the various modules associated with the media system, though we could communicate with all the modules numerous error codes were present in various modules. The next step was to carry out a fault clear broadcast which clears all the error codes in one operation. Once complete we attempted to switch on the MMI and as expected the system still displayed the fault. We then carried out a loop break diagnostic check, this …

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A customer booked in her mini for mot, the lady had not used our services before and  informed me that the airbag light was illuminated and had being for the past two years or so.  Which begs the question how it had passed previous mot examinations. (Section 5.4  reason for rejection  “a srs malfunction indicator lamp indicating a system malfunction” The lady was recommended to us after numerous other garage failures to rectify the fault. First step was to carry out a diagnostic check.  I connected our autologic diagnostic platform which quickly indicated a comms problem. Before the srs fault could be found i had to establish communications with the srs module. Firstly I checked the system fuse  (fuse 18 …

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An interesting case was referred to us recently. A Rover 75 Diesel with numerous electrical faults, namely an ABS light on, DSC light on, Speedo inop, tachometer inop, temp gauge inop and auto transmission emergency programme activated. We started with a global ECU test using our DEC Super-scan Diagnostics tool. Test results revealed no communication with the ABS and instrument cluster and C.A.N faults in PCM and transmission module. The next step was to carry out C.A.N Bus analysis which highlighted voltage out of range CAN high. At this point further checks were required to determine the cause. Considering the age of the vehicle, the customer was contacted and informed of the process to date. Having given his permission to …

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