Automakers to give diagnostic codes to repair shops

[Ti Kan]

George Nimmer writes:
> http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/09/27/diagnosing.car.repairs.ap/index.html
>
> WASHINGTON (AP) -- Automakers agreed Thursday to give independent repair
> shops their closely guarded codes used to diagnose troubles with today's
> high-tech vehicles so the shops can make the same repairs as franchise
> dealerships.

VW and Audi have been pretty open about these codes... they are available
on Bentley repair manuals (in particular, the CD-ROM editions of recent
models).  Not only do repair shops have access to this info, owners and
enthusiasts do too.

-Ti
2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
2001 S4 2.7T
1984 5000S turbo
1980 4000 2.0
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