Hi,

I was thinking it's about time I had something to give me some sort of view of what's going on in the Freelander's ECUs etc. Looking around the choice seems to be between a generic ELM327 adapter plus software, or moving up in price the three I've named seem to be the entry level devices supporting Landrover specific data.

Have I missed anything in the say under £200 price range? As well as the FL2 (2008 model), it needs to support a 2011 Defender TDCi.

What I want to be able to do with it is (1) read diagnostics so that if something's behaving oddly I can see if any of the systems are reporting specific faults. And (2) ideally I'd like to be able to replace parts which then need "coding" to the vehicle. I don't know if (2) is possible with any DIY class equipment, but it's a big problem with modern cars. For example a guy at work had his Renault immobilised at the MOT station for over a week with a handbrake problem of all things - even once replacement parts were fitted the handbrake ECU needed to be programmed for the car.

Any pointers appreciated.

Thanks, Tony S ----------
Tony S

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What you want is to be able to change configuration file of the car.
Its alled SDD tool ranging from 500 to 1000£

There is as always some Chinese copies for much less but they required
a laptop with windows XP.

I have the Foxwell 510 good enough for my purposes at the present time, Does lots of resets of components and hundreds of PIDs. It can't write to the Config File.

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What you want is to be able to change configuration file of the car.