Can dealers do this?

[urquattro at phoenixdsl.com]

> "Martin W. N. Suryadarma" <msuryadarma at mail.wesleyan.edu> writes:
> 
> >IS there such thing as giving my Audi's VIN to a dealer and >they can trace
> my car's repair history?
> 
> Correct...kind of.  The print out will have everything that was ever done to
> the car at an authorized dealer.  The problem is that the procedures are all
> in code and the people pulling the info don't know most of them.  Someone
> had put up a page with the translations to many of these codes for VW (same
> as Audi it seems) but I can't seem to find the page now.  

When I bought the V8 I looked into this and was told that the only information that is maintained in the computer is that relating to the warranty ... 

The guy showed my the records for my car on his computer screen, and it certainly seemed to be the case on my car ...

Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)