Pushed all the buttons, scanned everything that can be scanned and it fails to come up with anything. It tests OK, reporting excellent latency etc, identifies cable as non RossTech with optoisolation or something like that.īut it is unable to open any controller. So I plug in USB adapter, find the driver with device ID (HP win 7 laptop), download VCDS-Lite 1.2, plug up to car, select the comm port shown by the adapter in the device driver. All set to dive in this weekend, but need to get VagCom going to check timing.

Been a long time since I did the Passat and Golf is newer engine not quite the same, so read up the articles, watched YouTube videos, went back to Bora Parts for the parts, Metal Nerd for the couple other tools not in the set for Passat.

My son is driving a 2001 Golf and due for timing belt. Serial cable and USB to serial adapter combo, both of unknown origin.Ī kind forum member gave me this cable and adapter around 2006 when I got my 1996 Passat and I played with it some on my laptop of XP vintage, which upon checking specs now, confirms it had a serial port, so I probably didn't try to use the USB adapter.įast forward to now.