… door locks gone crazy

[swathdiver]

Negative. I don’t have access to a bi-directional. I only have an old autel i use for checking cel’s but i never even bothered to hook it up on the ‘hoe . . .

Well, if you had one, even an app on your phone that could pull BCM codes, it would have saved you all this time in guessing.

The most powerful tool in my toolbox is the Tech-2.

 

[PPV_2018]

Well, if you had one, even an app on your phone that could pull BCM codes, it would have saved you all this time in guessing.

The most powerful tool in my toolbox is the Tech-2.

Lol well i wish this would have come up before. Budget is low - any suggestions or recommendations ? I looked into buying a tech 2 clone when i first got my truck. Then i found out that it is not compatible with k2’s .. ..

Anyways new lock switch is on the way so if nothing else it will get swapped out to see if it makes a difference regardless..

 

[Doubeleive]

Lol well i wish this would have come up before. Budget is low - any suggestions or recommendations ? I looked into buying a tech 2 clone when i first got my truck. Then i found out that it is not compatible with k2’s .. ..

Anyways new lock switch is on the way so if nothing else it will get swapped out to see if it makes a difference regardless..

well the budget scanner for gds2 is the vcx nano for about $110 and then if you have any pc skills you CAN make the cracked gds2 software work but it's a headache in general to get running but if you have free time to mess around (potentially a few hours) it can be made to work. otherwise the options go up in price to a mid-tier autel for about the $500 range to get half way decent troubleshooting done.
if you go with the vcx nano then you have to go hunt down the gds2 software and try to avoid getting a virus in the process
to get even the cracked gds2 working you have to disable all security, install it, install the bosch mdi manager, the vcx manager and then pray a lot lol and if it doesn't work uninstall and try again.
if there is any security enabled it will install but the required files will be deleted and it will say it is installed but wont "really" work because the required files are missing, basically the crack files which install in the windows files, hence it detects the windows files are being changed and that ends up in a fail if security is enabled.

 

[PPV_2018]

Ah.. Truth of the matter is, i knew the day i would need to ‘invest’ into a $$ BDS would come sooner or later. I’ve so far been able to escape the need for investing into a BDS by always owning older vehicles.

Honestly, i probably could figure it out the ‘cheap’ way as i can follow along what you’re saying but … For one i do not own a pc. I have a PC i can borrow from work but i can’t risk getting it virus infected searching for software lol.

But i do appreciate the detailed reply.

 

[Doubeleive]

Ah.. Truth of the matter is, i knew the day i would need to ‘invest’ into a $$ BDS would come sooner or later. I’ve so far been able to escape the need for investing into a BDS by always owning older vehicles.

Honestly, i probably could figure it out the ‘cheap’ way as i can follow along what you’re saying but … For one i do not own a pc. I have a PC i can borrow from work but i can’t risk getting it virus infected searching for software lol.

But i do appreciate the detailed reply.

You could get a used laptop cheap off eBay, just use it for the auto diagnostics exclusively and don't put any personal info on it, that's what I use (a tablet actually). I'm not paying the crazy price they charge for gds2

 

[swathdiver]

Lol well i wish this would have come up before. Budget is low - any suggestions or recommendations ? I looked into buying a tech 2 clone when i first got my truck. Then i found out that it is not compatible with k2’s .. ..

My kids have IPhones and they have the CarScanner app and use that with my Foseal Bluetooth OBDII adapter, they can see ALL codes from all modules.

I can only see from the ECM with a Foseal WIFI adapter and Torque Pro app on my Android.