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Originally Posted by mk3vdubr
where did you get your radio installed? I was reading a little about the whole k-wire thing apparently it can fry certian types of scanners if the aftermarket radio is installed wrong, but if they used the adapter harness its supposed to bring the k-wire to a dead plug so for you to have that problem they would have had to of been messing around with the harness??? unless they didnt use the adapter... i thought it was interesting tho some dealerships wont even plug into a mk3 with a aftermarket radio installed for fear of frying it, but i dont think its the obdII that is the problem
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Was purchased and installed at BestBuy. However, I must say they have been wonderful once I was able to convince them their installation was causing this problem. The did what a first class merchant should always try to do, convert a irritated customer into a delighted customer. They did! They agreed to pay all my diognostic and repair expenses from my local mechanic, plus a $100 gift card.
Yes, it did fry my mechanics MotorVehicle Inspection Computer, as he tired to see if it would communicate with the car after the VW diagnostic computer would not. The later computer was diode/fuse protected so no damage to it. As indicated in my previous post, they had the blue and blue/white wires tied together in the adapter harness. Once the blue wire was isolated the problem was solved.