If you're in SA, can I borrow your VIDA laptop and DiCE unit for a couple of days? Will pay you for the trouble and temporarily trade my working (on my S60) VCX Nano and HP Elitebook, and cash security while I have yours.
(*See backstory below)
I have a first-generation V40, and my VIDA and VCX Nano won't play ball with it (but still works on non-S40/V40 cars)
Apparently VIDA won't read VINs from S40/V40s, so they need to be entered manually, which I did. When heading to the Diagnostics tab, the "Verifying VIN" window that normally pops up instead simply flashes on the screen for a fraction of a second and nothing further happens.
In fact, VIDA can indeed connect to the car, because if I select a profile for another car (my S60 which connects normally) just to try something different and then head to the Diagnostics tab, the "Verifying VIN" window does pop up, and the "Communication with CEM", "Communication with DIM" etc. message does appear (afterwards complaining that "The connected vehicle is not the same as the specified vehicle.)
When first selecting "Read Vehicle" in the "Vehicle Profile" tab, VIDA notifies me that it cannot read VINs from S40/V40 cars ("VIN cannot be read out from this vehicle type"), so clearly it can connect to the car.
The V40 needs to have an airbag problem diagnosed (I don't want to drive without airbags but fix the problem myself), and if I give the mechanic even more $$$ then it may exacerbate my already waxing fantasies of slowly having this car crushed into a Borg Cube while I watch.
Below is some diagnostic output from the logs. Do you have any ideas? Other people have this problem as well on their S40/V40 cars (as seen by searching for "VIN cannot be read out from this vehicle type." and V40 OR S40), but no one ever knew what the solution was, and no one ever reported back.
From VIDA.log:
VIDA release: VIDA2014D
20:43:19,372 [SoftwareProductI][001][Event] Database: DiagSwdlRepository, SP: GetSWDLSupportedVehicleModels
20:43:19,543 [DotNetPreLoader ][001][Info] PreLoad time: 00:00:01.5003894
20:43:45,527 [UiBase ][001][User] DIAGNOSTICS tab entered. VIN: YV1VW17K91FXXXXXX
20:43:45,574 [CarComRepository][001][Event] Database: CarCom, SP: vadis_GetHwSettings, VehicleProfile: 0b00c8af804cb2ca,0b00c8af8020663c,0b00c8af802068fd,0b00c8af802095a4,
20:43:45,918 [VehicleInformati][001][User] Activate VehicleInformationForm
20:43:45,996 [CarStatus ][00D][Info] Init CarStatus
20:43:46,075 [NavImageProvider][001][Info] Database: DiagSwdlRepository, SP: GetNavImage
20:43:46,121 [NavImageProvider][001][Event] Loading image 'http:\\localhost\Vida\Diagnostics\navimage\0800c8af81cfe671_0_0.cgm'
20:43:46,137 [VehicleInformati][001][User] Activate VehicleInformationForm
20:43:46,137 [CarStatus ][001][Info] Start reading CarStatus
20:43:46,137 [CarStatusWF ][001][Info] CarStatus read conditions not correct
* The last time I was posting here, I was a hair's-breadth away from getting my S60 crushed into a cube after finding a drenched passenger side carpet thanks to Volvo's sometimes idiotic/malicious engineering decisions on this car - this time with those horrible heater core O-rings that require special Voodoo-procedures and sacrifices to seat and seal properly. I'm now convinced that some Volvo engineers intentionally come up with BS just to screw with people and get off on the thought of it; probably during secret dark full-moon rituals in some underground chamber.
Well, I mostly got over my destructive urges and decided to purchase a nice first-generation V40 to tide me over, in case I break something unintentionally on the S60 while fixing the remaining issues - just a few more to go before I hopefully have a top-condition S60 again. I was quoted over $9000 to fix the aircon, heater core, radiator and transmission... no thanks, I'll be doing it myself. Aircon's already working again, heater core and radiator soon to be done (waiting on a couple more parts), and the transmission's almost perfect now but soon will be 100% again. Will also be adding sound insulation to quieten the car down on rough asphalt.
Oh, but I certainly WON'T be performing that Voodoo ritual on the heater core - instead I'll be fitting a heater core from a Kia (with proper heater-hose fittings that a hose clamp can secure) and sealing it in... will keep you posted.
(I may not use 100% OEM Volvo parts, but at least I drive and park like I should.)
