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MDI clones work just fine, but make sure you find a quality one that has everything you need with it. If you can and have the money, buy 2 clones from different places. Use the more cheaply made one first until it breaks. The VCX Nano is no-longer used to program any vehicle any longer. The VCX...

The firmware on the passthrough device must be updatable using Tech Connect or it will not work. Some passthroughs have multiple switchable interfaces such as the Bosch VCI, Snap-On Passthru Pro, and several others, but, the GM MDI is made specifically for GM vehicles and interfaces the best...

Here, This covers the newer navigation units known as MyFi/MyLink/Intellilink. Look for one for an Acadia, and get the VSS harness kit and GPS antenna for GM. The map DVDs for the old navigation system (like the one in the 2010 Acadia) are no longer made as of 2013. This uses the newer update by...

You must have an MDI, and a Laptop capable of handling the new GM Tech connect software, and the VIN of the vehicle the radio came out of, or look up another VIN from a similar vehicle on Craigslist. Manually enter the the VIN of the updated vehicle in Tech Connect/SPS.... IT will warn you that...

This actually works for all High Speed GMLAN 2.0 vehicles 2006 to 2013 and some GM trucks up to 2018: It is absolutely possible for you to have a newer MyLink or ColorTouch radio in your 2006 to 2013 GM Vehicle without having to change the entire dashboard or BCM, and, it's extremely simple...

Interesting, but the only 2 sensors that should be needed are the crank position sensor and speed sensor. The CPK input acts as the power steering pulley, where as the wheel speed sensor makes it speed sensitive. Both these most vehicles should already have. as far back as the 1950s. IT's cool...

I actually looked into this very issue with a GM/OnStar representative. The somewhat end result was a "no?" The reason I say it that way is because GM actually simply changed out the OnStar modules for Canada on all 2G vehicles, and moved the vehicles into the GDS data-base to diagnose them...

Quick question: I find all of this amazing what you have done so far, however, couldn't you just use a BCM from a 2007 or newer Equinox to connect to activate it and send and receive data? Of course, you'd also have to install an ECM to send and receive data to the BCM from the engine. The...

If you all have been having issues with an MDI or MDI clone 1 or 2, You're not alone. Apparently there's a glitch between the MDI manager updating the MDI, and Tech connect updating it. Now, understand, the MDI manager loads firmware from Bosch's servers. Tech Connect loads it from GM's servers...