FWIW- you can disable the airbags using the 3 (not sure about the 2 as I only have the 3).

All the coding is in German, but you can use google translate with your phone’s camera to live translate, it is amazingly good.

If you want to be able to interface with cars that are 2017+, I believe you will need the 3.

overall, it’s a great tool depending on your need. I use mine for a dedicated track car, so it’s paid for itself many times over.

 

Thank you @rbrunelle that is quite helpful indeed. Odd about the airbag issue as I thought this would be no problem for even the PIWIS 2, but I appreciate your answers very much.

Thank you very much @NightBlueTTS your answers are also greatly appreciated.

 

I did go into the engineering mode of the PIWIS 3 and you can in fact turn off airbags individually as someone else mentioned

 

Can PIWIS III program matrix LED lights to full functionality for US cars?

 

Possibly, but I have no idea what this means. If you could describe the two conditions, I might be able to look up on the PIWIS this option

 

rbrunelle, thanks for share, I have a bad experience from other Chinese suppliers for 2pcs cheaper piwis 2, first one die after work 1 month, second work 3 months, finally get a piwis 2 from vxdas work till now,

so I'm going to get the piwis 3 from vxdas. but I prefer to get someone feedback before buying it, one more question, is the piwis 3 kit the sales recommend me same as your kit? because I check kinds of piwis 3 on sales, price drop down: https://www.vxdas.com/products/oem-p...ptop?ylime3411

 

yes that is it. Lower price now but same product.

 

You shouldn't be using the wifi component as Porsche has sent out bulletins to the dealers NOT to use it on WIFI and if they spot a PIWIS III in WIFI mode the dealership will be fined. Porsche has had a problem with incomplete programing via wifi and will not reimburse or replace bricked ECUs or other components due to incomplete programing.

I can tell you that a local shop I know that has a Chinese version needs to borrow mine if they get a 2018 or newer model as their scanner wont access the car.

I have a setup using the actual Porsche PIWIS scanner from Porsche ( actually made by Actia) running update 39.5 . Most of the clones are using a Chinese clone version of the VCI and it doesnt work on all models. Another interesting quirk is that the PIWIS III gives an error when attempting to check oil level on 2019 or 2020 GT3 RS.

I paid $3,200 and it works great.

Its a great unit much better than the PIWIS 2 which was slow ( even when upgraded with SSD and max memory) and had constant problem with bad cables that needed to be replaced about every year and half.



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I just got a piwis 2 clone. Anyone know of any good instruction links?

 

You mean something like this

 

Hope this helps! Hope the link works:

http://forobd2tool.com/wp-content/do...nual_en_US.pdf

 

Hi vkb123, do you by chance have something similar for the piwis 3? Tried to just go to the website myself to look, but for whatever reason, i can't get to it...

 

all these files are located on the device. Listed in the help or support section. PIWIS 3 has the same thing. There are several files for the various programs on the device.

 

Okay, thanks for the heads up rbrunelle

 

Hey CB! Sorry! Don’t have any PIWIS III info. rbrunelle knows these testers inside out...go with his suggestion!