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9 September 2026

Tractor Tuning: Case IH, New Holland, Claas and Deutz-Fahr on OBD

AutoTuner now reads and writes Bosch MD1CS069 and MD1CE101 over OBD in beta, opening up Case IH, New Holland, Claas, Deutz-Fahr and…

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9 September 2026

Mercedes Truck CPC5 Tuning: Actros, Arocs and Atego 2020 Onward

Flex 8.18.0.0 with Korhex now reads and writes Mercedes Truck Bosch CPC5 units on Actros, Arocs and Atego built from 2020, in…

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7 September 2026

Older diesels and small petrols back on the menu: Sprinter and Vito CDI, C 220 CDI, Corsa 1.7 DTI, Aygo and C1 1.0, Smart CDI, Clio and Megane

A run of Autotuner OBD protocols for cars from 1998 to 2013: Bosch EDC15C6 in the 2000 to 2006 Mercedes Sprinter, Vito,…

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4 September 2026

Mercedes A220d, GLA 200d, Vito, A45 AMG and CLE 53: the locked MDG1 ECUs opened without soldering

Mercedes 2021-on with the locked Bosch MD1CP001 diesel and MG1CP002 petrol ECUs can now be unlocked in the workshop with the Flex…

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4 September 2026

2026 BMW M2 G87, M3 G80 and M4 G82: the new Euro 7 S58 cars can now be read

The 2026 model year BMW M3 G80 and G81, M4 G82 and G83 and M2 G87 moved to a new Bosch ECS1049…

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3 September 2026

Audi, VW, Porsche, Peugeot, Land Rover and Kia 2021-on: the locked MDG1 ECUs are open

Ten locked Bosch MDG1 ECUs fitted to 2021-on Audi, VW, Skoda, Seat, Cupra, Porsche, Bentley, Peugeot, Citroen, Vauxhall, Land Rover, Ford, Hyundai...

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28 August 2026

Older BMW and Mini now over OBD: M3 E46, M5 E39 and Z8, E46 and E39 six-cylinders, Mini R56 Cooper S, 28i N20

Three Autotuner releases bring 1995 to 2014 BMW and Mini onto plain OBD: the Siemens MSS52 and MSS54 in the M3 E46,…

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24 August 2026

Ford Ranger, Transit and VW Amarok 2.0 EcoBlue: the 10-speed gearbox and AdBlue module now on OBD

New OBD protocols for the 2023-on Ford Ranger, Transit and VW Amarok 2.0 EcoBlue: the Continental UTCU4 10-speed gearbox controller and the…

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18 August 2026

BMW and Mini 2021-on (DDE8 / DME8): read and write on the bench, no more posting the ECU away

BMW and Mini 2021-on with the Bosch DDE8 and DME8 ECUs can now be read and written on the bench in our…

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10 August 2026

Ford Ranger 3.0 V6 EcoBlue and VW Amarok V6 (2022 on): the Bosch MD1CP061 opens in the workshop

The 240 PS 3.0 V6 diesel in the new Ford Ranger and VW Amarok runs a locked Bosch MD1CP061. Flex 8.11 now…

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5 August 2026

Fiat Ducato, Peugeot Boxer and Citroen Relay 2.2 HDi (2011 on): now a plain OBD job

KESS3 3.40 adds an OBD protocol for the Continental SID208 behind the 2.2 HDi and 2.2 Multijet in the Fiat Ducato, Peugeot…

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31 July 2026

Jeep Compass and Renegade, Alfa Tonale, Fiat 500X and Tipo hybrids over OBD, and the Wrangler unlocked

KESS3 3.39 adds OBD read and write for the Continental GPEC4LM behind the 1.0, 1.3 FireFly and 1.5 48V hybrid in Jeep,…

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