iCar Soft 930

[richard582]

Some five years ago I bought the iCarsoft i930 having had to pay out £65 every time I wanted to see what' faults were stored in my X308. I'd had three previously, a Sport, a standard Exec, and a 4-Litre LWB. Then went onto other cars as this classic car sickness takes you over -- no known cure, doctor...

Have just got hold of a 2002 3.2L normally aspirated Second Edition, and while I select and can see the engine (that told be which cylinder an intermittent coil was) and the throttle body control relay (intermittent coil) which saved me loads, when I go past ABS the unit just doesn't show anything in any of the following sections -- whether the IGN is on engine running, on engine not running, first stop of key, or key out. Greg down at GDP nr Thame's proper plug in unit shows all even with Key in but IGN off.

I don't remember this happening with my older previous three. Any one with an S E able to verify or is there something I'm missing? Or is this aspect of iCarsoft known?

I've also got an '03MY Range Rover that shows all categories on the iCarsoft 930 that's specific for both Jags and Range Rovers

[davidr]

There are online upgrades available that may be worth a try?

[richard582]

Thanks for the reply. I did do a USB connection to iCar Soft's site last year but haven't been on the site since. Will see whether there's anything else on it. But as far as you know a XJ8 X308 second edition should show all the diagnostic sectors on an iCar Soft i930?

Anyone else with that combination in here could verify?

Thanks -- Richard

[andypryce]

I can’t comment on a 2002 model, but the same reader worked perfectly on my 2006 X150 but is useless on my 1998 XK8, so have reverted back to a cheaper one. I did try upgrading via website but failed to work for some reason. As OBD was progressing rapidly during the lifetime of the X100 I guess it’s hit and miss as to what it will read, and same applies to X308

[richard582]

Good of you to reply, Andy. It's a quiet but warm Sunday afternoon (Kinks) so I'll see if there's anything more for me on iCar Soft's website. Cheers

[richard582]

<later> After finding a "proper" USB cable, and updating the Update software, did the update and found that there's no update files later than Landrover (firmware) 17-01-2018, Jaguar 25-12-2020, and Landrover 26-09-2017 dated So guess nowadays it's an unsupported device. The US site hasn't been updated since 2018 web pages

Didn't have any problems with my previous XJ8s, nor my current Range Rover Vogue ('02MY) So it's definately saved me much over the years...

[andypryce]

Bit annoying that you can’t get upgrades, it doesn’t work at all on either my 98 XK8 or my 2019 sportbrake, so I have reverted to my £10 cheap one, which successfully read and cleared the EML on the XF, which was a spurious code I am sure, as car is performing perfectly.