The Bosch VCM 2 will accomplish an internal selftest while connecting to the newer versions of IDS.

They are using someone else's 'underwear'.Īt the end of the day, take a chance on a 'flash up date' but be prepared for the 'bricks to fall out of the sky'.

Most VCM 2 clones are the vxdiag boards inside the VCM 2 case and basically an emulator. The clones will also fail in the most dramatic fashion when connecting to F250 and beyond because of internal 'BUS Timing'. These so called 'patches' work to a point and only loads an emulation.Ĭlones are also suseptable to 'update flash' internal failures. If the VCM 2 is a clone, it's likely blacklisted especially when using a newer versions of IDS. Trying to program a second key, as my truck was a dealer trade and they only received one key. Searched all over and can't find any information about this error, hoping someone has some input. I keep receiving a Testman error 12 12 266146. Anyone by chance also using the Ford VCM-II unit? I updated mine to IDS 117.01 and it works on my 2018 F150, but I cannot get it to work on the 2020 F250.

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