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Old Jan 5, 2017 | 09:22 AM
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Looking to get A ms906. Anyone have any experience with them?

The tool guy wants $1500 when I can get one online for $1000 new supposedly with warranty and updates for a year. Anyone buy theirs on the line?
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Old Jan 10, 2017 | 10:57 AM
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Looking to get A ms906. Anyone have any experience with them?

The tool guy wants $1500 when I can get one online for $1000 new supposedly with warranty and updates for a year. Anyone buy theirs on the line?
Has alot of data PIDS(some of them are wrong) and a lot of bidirectionals(some of them dont work) If you buy one you get to figure out which is which,since it varies wildy by year, make, and model.....
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Old Jan 21, 2017 | 09:02 PM
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I bought it. According to the training videos, if something doesn't work you submit a ticket and they'll fix it. Problem is that it takes a couple days.

i ended up buying it from Napa and saved $300 from the corn well tool truck. I would have likely bought it from the truck, but since he didn't want to stop at my shop which is on his route and across the street from another shop he stops at, he must not have wanted my $1500.
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Old Jan 23, 2017 | 12:21 PM
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I bought it. According to the training videos, if something doesn't work you submit a ticket and they'll fix it. Problem is that it takes a couple days.
Thats not the problem,the problem is what I listed.

Incorrect PIDS and non functioning bidirectionals.


If you are diagnosing a vehicle and you use the bidirectioanls for actuation and they dont work,does that mean the PCM is bad,the item being commanded is bad,the wiring is bad or the scan BIdirs are not functioning? When you run into that issue enough times,you'll get tired of it.


Same goes for the incorrect PIDs.


Good luck guy......
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Old Jan 24, 2017 | 07:09 AM
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Good to know. On a positive note, I already fixed a BMW with this tool. So far so good.
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