I was wondering if anyone has had any problems with their OBDII connector, and if so had a price on idea of the complexity in getting it replaced? I called a couple of places and was told that the connector was part of the wiring harness and the whole thing would need to be replaced. Here is the dilemma I ran into. I had a V2 AP and it would turn on and off on it's own choosing. I sent the unit back to Cobb and then said the device was faulty (the main board on it) and replaced it with a new unit under warranty and replaced the dongle with a newer version. When I received the new unit it would not communicate with the car at all. I get this message everytime I try to do the Live Data: "Cannot communicate with vehicle. Please verify cable is plugged in securely then turn ignition key 'off' then back to the 'on' position" I had (3) phone calls with Cobb on the phone to troubleshoot the problem and went as far as upgrading the firmware from 1.2.6.2-5710 to 1.2.6.5-5780 on their suggestion just to see it that would work. We tried different USB cables as well. After all of that failed, they suggested I get the OBDII connector tested. So I was going to go buy a reader but thought maybe I can just go get an emissions test instead, since it is much cheaper. I'm just trying to see what I am up against. Cheers, Ali
Indeed. Otherwise, the connector is part of the bulkhead harness. You are looking at around $1200~$2000 for the harness (depending on how much markup the dealer has) and around $1000~$2000 for the R&R of the harness. Most of the time its just a lose connection at the connector, so you can take the connector out of the panel and that fixes it 100% of the time.
Thanks for the info. I'll take time today to check the connectors and then will see if a service station can read any codes from the connector.