[V8] Service records from VIN #

[cobram at juno.com]

My experience has been that anything and everything that was ever done to
the car at a dealership,  even before initial sale, can be accessed by
ANY dealership.  I got the printout for V8Q #1 from a dealer that had
never seen the car, and everything came up, including mundane
maintenance.
The challenge was figuring out what the printout codes meant.  The dealer
was not able (willing?) to supply me the "decoder ring" when I got the
printout, I'm guessing they can if they really wanted to.

If the dealer won't supply the decoder, there are a few on-line sites
where you can look them up, here's one:
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/5614/codes.txt

In my experience the only information that's available only in the
originating dealer files seems to be the radio unlock code.

BCNU,
http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/


 "Jeremy Ward" <jward at mti-interactive.com> writes:
> The biggest challenge is finding out which dealership the car was
> serviced at.  If you pull a CARFAX report, chances are you can
> find out what city the car has been registered; start calling the
> dealership(s) in those areas.
>
> The service manager can pull up your car by VIN and give you a
> rundown on what has been done.  Their records only go back
> so far, but most of the major whammies have been done in the
> time frames still showing on their screens.
>
> Correct me if I am wrong listers, but you can check to see which
> factory recalls have been done by calling ANY dealership.
> Specific maintenance can only be pulled by the shop that did
> the work, however (different databases).

> Just what is the procedure to obtain service info from an Audi
> dealer via the car's VIN number?  Do you have to be the
> service manager's best friend to get this info?

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