Evening all

I am looking to see if anyone can answer a question that despite using the search function I couldn’t find.

Is it possible to buy a new Gap IID tool and use it to read and clear fault codes on any L322 TDV8’s that I go to view with a possible purchase in mind without the tool having to be registered to a vehicle?

I’m looking to buy a 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE. One of the ones on my list comes with a Gap IID tool as part of the purchase but another one on my list doesn’t and would mean I either need to borrow a tool or buy my own. I obviously don’t want it to register the first vehicle I go and see as it will cost me a license change if I decide not to buy it.

So the question is, can a Gap IID(BT) tool read fault codes on multiple vehicles without being registered/ activated to one vehicle?

Cheers
Ben

unless policy at GAP has changed - or until someone knows different - you can use it on all cars, but you need the Bluetooth model I think

The following is our licence policy:
Full diagnostic capabilities (free of charge on any supported vehicles for the IIDTool BT)
• Fault read / clear
• Live values
• Control outputs
• Service / test functions (this includes service interval reset)

Advanced programming functions (IIDTool BT: one free VIN, additional licence available at 60 GBP):
• Suspension height modification
• ECU Flash
• Key Programming
• Car Configuration File editing.
• Component and system calibration (steering angle sensor calibration, etc.)
• Advanced functions including backup / restore, save profiles – vehicle system settings and
configurations are read and stored as a backup file for a restore function, various changes
to systems (e.g. suspension height) can be stored and changed quickly

Pcourtney, thank you for that. The manual that is in the wiki is great but it doesn’t mention whether it has to be “activated” before it can even be used. I get the feeling it might have to be, no idea why, just a hunch. I’d love to be proved wrong!

You can indeed use it to scan and clear faults and a car that the tool doesn’t have a VIN license for, I did exactly what you are suggesting when I picked up my latest D3 project.

Cheers Jamie. Did you have to register or activate the tool before you could use it? It’s safe to assume then that activation then locks it to the vehicle you want to own and change settings etc?

Ben - drop Pat at GAP and email and ask him direct....  Gone to a good home: 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
2025MY Defender D350 90 in Silicon Silver on coils
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
Many, many other Landies over the years
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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Cheers Rob, grand idea. I take you you picked up on the first one on the list having its own tool

btiratsoo wrote:

Cheers Jamie. Did you have to register or activate the tool before you could use it? It’s safe to assume then that activation then locks it to the vehicle you want to own and change settings etc?

I would be inclined to read the faults but not clear them. If you decide not to buy then the next person that goes to view may take a code reader and there will be no faults coming up. 2011 TDV8 Vogue SE

Cheers dennij. My thoughts were to check the codes, clear the codes, test drive, then check any codes again. But I do get your point.

Yes it's an awkward one as you'd like to know if the faults re-occur. Perhaps if you feel after a drive that it could be the right car for you then clear the faults half way through the test drive, at least that way if they do come back you can decide to either purchase or walk away and leave the codes for someone else. 2011 TDV8 Vogue SE

btiratsoo wrote:

Cheers Rob, grand idea. I take you you picked up on the first one on the list having its own tool

Pat's email: GAPTeam@GAP-Diagnostic.com

I did notice that I'm a keen negotiator  Gone to a good home: 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
2025MY Defender D350 90 in Silicon Silver on coils
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
Many, many other Landies over the years
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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I'd buy a GAP tomorrow if it were not for the fact you can only fully use it on one vehicle. For a piece of kit in this price range the changeover fee a bit excessive.

To me, it's a bit like buying a DVD & only being able to watch all of it on one player. 2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6

I think most people would disagree on the cost aspect of the iidtool. I think it’s very fairly priced for what it can do and if you’re in the market to be changing CCF settings on multiple cars, that pretty much implies you’re not a single user and should perhaps consider the professional version, that is unlocked for any number of vehicles.

The support I and many others have had from Gap is second to none, so I’d happily pay the price for the peace of mind that brings. Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

I could not justify the cost of the professional version.

Mrs C is now considering a RR & I am looking at buying a (tatty) 2nd RR as a towing hack, keeping the existing RR. So, multiple user yes, professional user no.

Whilst appreciating the support members get from GAP the pessimist in me looks at what happened at another sire sponsor when a key member left. Although of course even very large business can also go down the pan. 2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6