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Old July 9th 04, 11:21 PM
Steve68s
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"Dude" > wrote in message
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> Hi, anyone know what the computer type socket is for that is in the
> rear ashtray??
> Cheers.
>
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> Feelin Fine :0)



Thats your OBDII plug, its what the dealer uses to hook your car up to the
diagnostic eqpt to find faults etc, also for reseting service interval
indicators,

Steve.




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Old July 10th 04, 12:04 AM
Peter Bell
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In message >
Dude > wrote:

> Hi, anyone know what the computer type socket is for that is in the
> rear ashtray??


Is that on an A4 (B5 model)? If so, it will be the diagnostic socket.

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Old July 10th 04, 01:31 AM
Mike Smith
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Steve68s wrote:

> "Dude" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Hi, anyone know what the computer type socket is for that is in the
>>rear ashtray??
>>Cheers.

>
> Thats your OBDII plug, its what the dealer uses to hook your car up to the
> diagnostic eqpt to find faults etc, also for reseting service interval
> indicators,


You can do this yourself, too, if you have a laptop and one of these babies:

http://www.ross-tech.com

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