2001 B5.5 Passat & OBD2 Compatibility

[Brizben]

Hi Guys n Gals,

Just needing a lil help or confirmation on this topic. I've got a 06/01 build (02/2002 Aus Import) B5.5 Passat 2.8 30v v6, and i'm trying to use a Kiwi Bluetooth OBD2 adapter with Torque for Android and not having any luck getting a connection to the ECU.

I've tried the combo (adapter & software) on a variety of diff cars and works fine. When using Torque on the ISO 9141-2 profile, or even auto to cycle through, I can't get any data/connection to the ECU.

I'm down to two options trying to work out why. Either the car isn't OBD2 compliant-while 01 build euro cars should be, though cars for outside euro/us market may not be. Or I'm looking at a fault affecting the OBD2 connection (ABS Unit or HeadUnit issue are common from what I've read.

Is anyone able to confirm if this model should be/could be OBD2 Compatible or not? Or any manual method to tell if it is?

Thanks in advance.
Ben.

[h100vw]

Should absolutely work. Happy to try my VCDS on it for you to prove there's no issues with the car.

PM me. I am in Wooloowin.

Gavin

[leventis]

I tried with my b5 passat using a cheapo obd2 Bluetooth adapter from eBay using torques on android and works a treat.

[Brizben]

Thanks for the confirmation guys. Gavin, I'd like to take you up on the offer. I'll PM you shortly.
Ben.

[passat_v5]

did you get diagnostics working? i had this trouble a few months ago in my b5.5 i tried 4 different scanners neither would work

........ then i unplugged my aftermarket radio, now they all work

[Brizben]

not as yet, been flying round the country for work during the weekdays and helping with my girlfriend's cake business of weekends. busy busy. I'm hopefully going to be going down the path of testing the port some time soon when i can.

I have the stock headunit, so it shouldn't be that..