Hello
looking for some advice
want to purchase a diagnostic tool that i can also reprogram ecus if needed

I have been told about one jaguar sdd/pathfinder
but don't know anything about it
if any good or where to purchase from
thanks
Darrol

 

A good working sdd setup is very valuable tool. I started with a used dell laptop with a fresh hard drive with windows7. Then bought version 131.1 from ebay and a mongoose pro clone from a place called obd2/365. Loaded it and started learning. I eventually was able to get a genuine drewtech mongoose pro and was comfortable now programming. There are other vci comm cables that can be used but not sure which ones. Member xalty is very up to date on possible other diagnostic products that can used also if he chimes in. I do know pathfinder is for late model cars and will not work on the s type

 

Thanks really appreciate input

 

Jaguar SDD is for 05 (Jan 2004) onwards S-types.
Before that they use IDS that works but is not as good.
Both run on windows XP or in a vertual machine on later opperating systems. (The date has to reset each time the system is powered up.)
However, you can not do any re-mapping of the ecu with them, only factory settings, and very good diagnosis of problems.

What is it you need to do?

Mellow

 

Hi thanks at the moment I have the i carsoft pro
and only dose the basics
But it won't let me into all systems
So thought best to purchase something that in the future if needed to reprograme any ecu i could
my jaguar is 2004 but some people have told me its a 2003

thanks
Darrol

 

You can tell what model year your S-type is by looking at the 10th digit in your VIN number.
The model year is one year ahead of the actual build date.
All 05 model year facelift cars that can use the Jaguar SDD software were built from January 2004.

If your car was built in 2004 then it will be a facelift 05model year car with a '5' in the 10th digit.
However, if it was built in 2003 but not registered until 2004 then it will be a 04 model year car that only works with IDS and it will have a '4' in the 10th digit.

There are lots of other changes, even the body shell was changed for the facelift!!

Mellow