Hey! Today I'm going to show you Carista which is a nice little interface for
your car to customize some features. It comes with an app for iOS and Android
and if you buy this device from Amazon (links in the description) you get
a 30-day free trial for the full functionality that comes with the Carista
application. And you don't have to use this interface with the Carista App because
you can use generic elm327 Wi-Fi interface if you are not afraid to
use some cheap chinese interface in your car. This device is so elegant that I had
to change my background music to fit better the mood. As you can see it's
very small and light. Compact and clean design. And you want to use it for
diagnostic and coding in your car. This device supports BMW cars, Volkswagen
Group's (so you got VW, Audi, SEAT, Skoda) and Toyota, Lexus I believe and few
others. And using this and software that comes with it is very simple. If you ever
wanted to change coding in your car, activate some features or
adjust some advanced settings you had to use diagnostic interface. For BMW you
had to use INPA for diagnostic or NCS-Expert for coding in your car but
those programs are very very hard to use. For VW group cars you
can use the VCDS which is a third-party application. It's not a
dealer level software, capabilities of VCDS are limited but it's wide enough
for standard use. Carista application and interface does not give you the full
options for coding or adaptation in your car but gives you some functions
that you can enable or disable or adjust in your car and give you access only to
those features. And the application is so easy to use that if you ever changed your
ringtone or a wallpaper in your phone this is as easy as that. Okay, so let's
say I want to change something in my BMW E87. I have the Carista interface plugged
in to the obd2 port. I have the Carista application on my phone and Bluetooth
enabled. So let's go to the Carista app and over here I can go to diagnose,
customize or perform service inspection reset. Make sure that your ignition is on
and let's go to customize. Right now Carista is connecting to my car,
talking with all the modules that are installed over here, checking what
features are available, which are enabled, which are disabled, what can be adjusted
and in a few seconds I get a full list of things that I can change, modify, turn
on or turn off in my car. Let's give it few more seconds and let's check what
can I do over here. OK, so let's go to those windows and
remote. Over here I have all the functions that corresponding to the
central locking features in this car. I can adjust if all doors should close or
open with a single press; how long I should press the lock button on the
remote to close the windows and fold my side mirrors... And as I said this
application is as easy to use as changing your wallpaper
in your phone. So let's say I want to make the delay (how long I need to press
the lock button on the remote to fold my mirrors) to one second.
So let's swipe over here, press "safe", wait a few seconds and done. That's it. We have
for example that "double impulse hazard lights". Right now I have a standard
single impulse. So let's check how it will work after we change it
to the double impulse. Let's say that's enabled, let's save it, wait a few
seconds and that's it.
If one day you will have a fault message on your instrument cluster you can just
go to "diagnose" and once again Carista is connecting to your car,
talking with all the modules and in a few seconds we will have a full list of
the faults that are stored in the car. While we are waiting for the diagnose
to complete I can show you some activations I made in few cars. I've
tested this device in Audi A5, Q5, A6, S6, Q7,
Skoda Yeti, in BMW 1-Series and X1, the E84 model, in Volkswagen Touareg and
Volkswagen Caddy and I've done some activations like lap timers, hidden menu
in the MMI system, I activated the Audi Drive Select system, in BMWs I activated
the folding mirrors and the digital speedometer in the instrument cluster,
it's also possible to enable fog lights as cornering lights and adjust the
daytime running lights LEDs brightness. And the full list of the device
capabilities is in the link, in the description below this video. So
check it out. ...98, 99, 100. OK, I have 12 faults
detected in my car. Three of those are in engine module, which is: DPF warning,
glow plug warning on cylinder 2 and I have a back pressure sensor on bank 1
fault. Traction control: brake pads wear sensors - that's true
because I did replace my brake pads but didn't replace the sensor.
Instrument cluster: power supply switched off. Yes, that's true because I played
around with the fuse box. And the center roof control has faults for
all the bulbs that I change to LEDs. I also have a left fog light fault which
is true because I wanted to check if an LED
H8 bulb we'll fit in my car. And I have a junction box fault which is related to
the water pump under the hood which is true because I disconnected this in this
water pump when I played around with the water hoses. OK so over here you can
save those logs and if some error is not described you can just
click on it and it will take you to Google with BMW code and the code number
and you can check on message boards what is this code related to. Let's go back to
the app and at the bottom of the screen you also have a "reset all" button
which we want to use right now to reset all faults in this car which is not
possible with the standard obd2 tools.
OK, that's it. If you are interested in this software and this interface please
check the description below. You can find this on App Store on your Google
Play Store and the device is available on Amazon.
Thank you for watching, check my other tutorials and reviews and see you soon.