Satch
MB Enthusiast
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- S211 E320Cdi Avantgarde Estate & Toyota Land Cruiser
jgevers said:Hi Satch,
The manufacturers are not letting the data protocols out, even to their dealers. This is the reason why so many control units are being replaced for no reason, purely because of lack of information, tooling and knowledge.
The version I heard was that Bosch were iffy about car makers releasing key information (possibly the data protocols you refer to) and more importantly a view has been taken by many that the training burden thrown upon the Service staff to bring them up to speed on CANbus would (i) be outside the capabilties of many and (ii) hugely expensive.
Now that must be a problem for the entire motor industry if they have been sold the functional and cost benefits of CANbus without twigging they must investing in a support structure for something vital to the car.