ECU resetting 200q20v digest

Mon Jul 1 16:02:09 EDT 2002

At 1:54 AM -0400 7/1/02, SuffolkD at aol.com wrote:

>A bad idea?

Yes.

The ECU in our cars is -very- simply, 100% reset by simply pulling
the two fuses under the red plastic double-fuse shield marked
"MOTOR".  30 seconds should do it.

The proper way is to use VAG-COM or a VAG1551, since both can clear
the codes without erasing the adaptive memory.

Brett
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