Ford VCM II IDS V86 VCM 2 OEM Diagnostic Tool
02-22-2016, 11:50 PM
#31
When I refer to "fleet" I mean I work for a government entity, in purchasing vehicles, we obtained a "fleet id", our cost was originally $650 a year, when it came down to actually paying for it, it was $450 a year.
You can purchase a legit version from Rotunda, which is run by FOMOCO.
You can purchase a legit version from Rotunda, which is run by FOMOCO.
02-22-2016, 11:52 PM
#32
I bought a clone off amazon a few years ago when I first bought my truck and needed to program a key, update my pcm software, and recalibrate for the closest tire size ford software allowed... I used the free period ford gives when you first download the software to do everything I needed and even update a couple friends pcm's and it's been sitting in a box ever since.
It worked great for me, saved me money at the time, and I have it if I ever need it. But like rnlcomp said, it's a gamble, you could get one that's dead on arrival...
It worked great for me, saved me money at the time, and I have it if I ever need it. But like rnlcomp said, it's a gamble, you could get one that's dead on arrival...
02-23-2016, 10:59 AM
#33
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You can buy legit ones on eBay. But, from what I have been told, there can be issues registering the serial # and getting software, that said, in a shop environment, I use this thing 2-3 times a week, and I offer anyone who is local my help with programming features.
02-23-2016, 10:16 PM
#34
Thanks for all the replies. A buddy of mine has his own shop and has been doing quite a bit of work on Ford trucks lately. He is looking to buy a VCM 2 tool and I stumbled upon the clones. He has decided to buy an authentic VCM after reading all the horror stories online.
02-23-2016, 10:41 PM
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I bought one of the knock offs a few months back, never got it to work and it cost me 75 bucks to return it to China!
11-27-2017, 02:34 AM
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I see them on buyobdii.com all the time for around 100 to 110. Have considered purchasing this and was wondering is anyone has on here. I know it's bootleg and my one and only worry is virus in the software. Anyone got thoughts?
07-30-2023, 08:13 PM
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Has anyone ever messed around or purchased one of these? I get sick of taking my F-150 to the dealer and ask them to perform TSBs just to get it back and the strategy hasn't been updated. If I had one of these I should be able to enable my TBC without paying the dealer $100 just to turn it on. Thoughts?
07-30-2023, 08:17 PM
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