# What Cheap-o vag com cable? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 22, 2009, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-cheap-o-vag-com-cable/73882 "2009-09-22T10:03:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-cheap-o-vag-com-cable/73882/1 "2009-09-22T10:03:18Z")
What cheap vag com cables have any of you used? [http://shop.ebay.com/?\_from=R40&\_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&\_nkw=vag+com&\_sacat=See-All-Categories](http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=vag+com&_sacat=See-All-Categories) ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-cheap-o-vag-com-cable/73882/2 "2009-09-22T10:13:59Z")
My ebay cable worked fine. I think Viper took it off my hands, and he never bitched to me about it sucking. ---
**Author:** ![bigwoode](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigwoode/32/5175_2.png) [@bigwoode](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bigwoode)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-cheap-o-vag-com-cable/73882/3 "2009-09-22T12:54:45Z")
I bought one including software for around $20. And it has not worked, (yet) ---
**Author:** ![BadnewsMike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/badnewsmike/32/7419_2.png) [@BadnewsMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BadnewsMike)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-cheap-o-vag-com-cable/73882/4 "2009-09-22T20:14:44Z")
the KKK cable will work with ross-tech 409.1 or somthing like that, on an xp or older machine but will not work for CAN (MK5) cars. or swing by and grab the cable i brought it to my house you can grab it here. ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Danger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/matt_danger/32/4981_2.png) [@Matt\_Danger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Matt_Danger)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-cheap-o-vag-com-cable/73882/5 "2009-09-22T21:19:19Z")
I bought the blue cable from Hong Kong use it with 409.1. ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-cheap-o-vag-com-cable/73882/6 "2009-09-25T05:54:33Z")
So i grabbed mikes kkl cable… So now the search is for the usb drivers. ---
**Author:** ![bigwoode](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigwoode/32/5175_2.png) [@bigwoode](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bigwoode)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-cheap-o-vag-com-cable/73882/7 "2009-09-25T06:25:19Z")
You shouldn’t need anything other than what you can download off the Ross-Tech website if I am not mistaken… I didn’t have the oldest version when I used Mike’s KKL, so it didn’t work with mine, but you should be able to download it no problem ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-cheap-o-vag-com-cable/73882/8 "2009-09-25T06:38:03Z")
I only tried 409.1 I was not sure what other one to try. After installing vag-com, I tried to get XP to install the driver from that directory, but it does not find a driver. ---
**Author:** ![bigwoode](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigwoode/32/5175_2.png) [@bigwoode](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bigwoode)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-cheap-o-vag-com-cable/73882/9 "2009-09-25T06:51:57Z")
Interesting… is your computer recognizing that there is a device plugged in? I know I made the mistake of plugging into the car first before the computer, and that threw everything off. ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-cheap-o-vag-com-cable/73882/10 "2009-09-25T06:54:30Z")
It shows up as a KKL cable. ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-cheap-o-vag-com-cable/73882/11 "2009-09-25T10:32:35Z")
found some drivers [http://www.autonostics.com/pages.php?pageid=3](http://www.autonostics.com/pages.php?pageid=3) edit: does a car have to be connected for the comm test to work? ---
**Author:** ![BadnewsMike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/badnewsmike/32/7419_2.png) [@BadnewsMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BadnewsMike)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-cheap-o-vag-com-cable/73882/12 "2009-09-26T07:59:36Z")
yes ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-cheap-o-vag-com-cable/73882/13 "2009-09-28T05:39:26Z")
Yup. cable workes fine. Car, not so much 🙂