Can dealers do this?

[David Head]

I was waiting for this post... My mechanic is the dealer mech in Melbourne sez the same - it will only show warrentee and recall repairs. However, its a
great way to spot an odometer replacement in the 1st 3 years...

urquattro at phoenixdsl.com wrote:

> > "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)