I bought a auction car. It's a 2005 vw Touareg v6. I towed it to the dealership where they told me the ECU was not responding along with the kessy module and the instrument cluster. My question is if I replaced those parts along with the ignition and key from a donor vehicle if I'd have to program it or if it start?
Wondering if I replaced the ECU, the instrument cluster, the kessy module
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I bought a auction car. It's a 2005 vw Touareg v6. I towed it to the dealership where they told me the ECU was not responding along with the kessy module and the instrument cluster. My question is if I replaced those parts along with the ignition and key from a donor vehicle if I'd have to program it or if it start?
If you read around on this forum enough you'll realize that most stealerships fall into one of two categories.
1- They don't know their elbow from a Touareg or how to properly diagnose problems with either one.
2- They don't care enough about helping you with your Touareg and would rather just sell you a new vehicle.
Your best bet would be to diagnose it yourself with the use of a VCDS cable and lots of thread reading on this forum. You might even find that the three problems are related/intertwined.
1- They don't know their elbow from a Touareg or how to properly diagnose problems with either one.
2- They don't care enough about helping you with your Touareg and would rather just sell you a new vehicle.
Your best bet would be to diagnose it yourself with the use of a VCDS cable and lots of thread reading on this forum. You might even find that the three problems are related/intertwined.
You should've done your homework before jumping into this kind of a deal.... you're gonna spend way more to get this going than you would've on a fully functioning vehicle.
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Very possible you have a bad CAN connection somewhere. The odds that all 3 of those modules being dead is 2%, unless they received a major voltage spike.
I’d do more diagnostics before chucking parts at it.
I’d do more diagnostics before chucking parts at it.
Wouldn't that imply that some diagnostics has actually been done?
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Yea I definitely won't be buying another auction Touareg that's for sure. But when I hook up a battery the dash spazzes flashing all over so I don't doubt there may have been a voltage spike. But at the same time the car is in really clean condition motor and tranny wise. I asked the dealership also to track the wiring just in case it grounded out somewhere. they told me that the wiring looked good. I'm trying to find a cheaper fix seeing as I already am into it alot. I've found people selling the whole matching system of a Touareg, the ECU the kessy the key and the instrument cluster along with the other brain parts but I'm not sure it'd work. Thx for the advise too.
Make sure you know what you're messing with..... if you have Immo IV Discharge, you will have a really bad time....
Have a read.... this should make you regret everything!
Have a read.... this should make you regret everything!
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Oh yeah I regretted buying this after the trip to the dealership lol. I have it posted up for parts but no one's interested. It has not a single leak from the motor or tranny. Looks like their both new.
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After years of buying cars from auctions/salvage yards, I’ve learned one thing. Stick with cars you KNOW how to work on. This is why I’ve stuck with VW/Audi my entire life. I know how they’re wired, how they connect, common issues, have the special tools, etc.
Then again, I did just buy two R129s
Then again, I did just buy two R129s
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@Touaregman33 knows something about Kessy
2016 TDI Lux, white with beige interior, AND 2016 TDI Lux, black with beige interior
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Do I wrongfully assume that you have disconnected the battery for at least 30 minutes and reconnected it? Are you able to get a full scan of where it's at before doing so? Those would be first steps for me.
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I bought a new battery and had it out the whole trip to the dealership I put it in at the dealership just to get the key programmed and it started flashing all the stuff on the dash randomly. they told me it's those three things and that they checked the wiring.
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