LONSDOR K518

**p1et** · 19th April, 2023, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by qwojtus

You right, Londsor has most confused and messy manu I ever seen. You need to be expert to find the things in the proper place, also if you find them you dont uderstand what option should be used.

Renault, nissan, toyota blade, mitsubishi or opel; you lucky if you find the right thing quickly or at all

Pepole who use non china tools propably would throw it away after a few days

That makes me happy

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Need to have some real knowledge to use this tool, not only going by model -> year. And actually it is not that diffiicult, with toyota you just need to know what type of transponder you working with, G or H, smart/bladed, everything is separated and I have no problem. Same with nissan, 4 digit, 12 digit, 20 digit PIN code, everything is clear. But I do agree with Opel pin code reading function, you just go one by one

**Spiritech** · 20th April, 2023, 10:35 AM

Yep, good MMY categorisation on a tool is hard work for the producer of the tool. Most tools you need to know what sort of immo is on the vehicle before starting. Mid-year changes, model refreshes, regional differences make menus like what AD try to do really, really hard without having beta testers in multiple regions, and then you probably need multiple per region to get coverage. My Lonsdor stays in the bag most of the time because the menus are a bit sad compared even to xhorse gear.

**qwojtus** · 4th August, 2023, 08:30 PM

Anyone has idea how to add key for Fiesta 2018+ I could not find "under anything"

Accordance with Lonsdor policy it does not exist under the car you are doing.

**p1et** · 4th August, 2023, 10:24 PM

Fiesta 2018+ no chance to do with Lonsdor, tested. Smart Pro 2 minute job

**ray-ray** · 5th August, 2023, 02:44 AM

Here are some updates

**qwojtus** · 5th August, 2023, 08:42 AM

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**qwojtus** · 5th August, 2023, 08:44 AM

Fiesta 2018+ no chance to do with Lonsdor, tested. Smart Pro 2 minute job

I done it anyways but tried the Lonsdor and he did not like it.

**qwojtus** · 5th August, 2023, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by ray-ray

Here are some updates

Toyota lost the power of the benefit. Every china + small people kicked out this job.

**p1et** · 5th August, 2023, 12:32 PM

Ford update is amust for this tool. Instead of, they post update of some Fiat which were working 4 years ago

... I mean I done same exact cars they list on update 4 years ago wth this tool.

But maybe they will do, as now we see Toyota and a shocking Volvo 2022+ update. But Autel is much ahead of this tool when we speak about Ford and it's very very popular brand around the world and they are far behind with Ford, nothing changed since like 3 years.

**urshul** · 17th August, 2023, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by ray-ray

Here are some updates

This is a crappy device, because only in this device you need to pay for a license Toyota 8A-BA to work with a new update. All competitors (Autel, OBDSTAR) have this update completely free! The license price for one year is 1/5 of the cost Autel IM508 (with XP400 PRO + APB112+G-BOX2). Where is the logic?
Why do they want to extort money from me, who bought this Lonsdor?

**Ecuprog31** · 17th August, 2023, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by p1et

Fiesta 2018+ no chance to do with Lonsdor, tested. Smart Pro 2 minute job

Also Lonsdor 2 minute job

**p1et** · 18th August, 2023, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by Ecuprog31

Also Lonsdor 2 minute job

When did you try?

Ladt time I believe in May, it didn't work. I tried all possible menus. Also Focus 2018+ did not work and I believe its same system. Both done with Smart Pro

**rapidlocksmiths** · 18th August, 2023, 10:33 AM

ive not tried lonsdor on these fords , was it keyless start or was it bladed key ?

funny year 2018 , ive seen both id63 and id47 on this year .

all tools have their fails , i had a 2018 kuga id47 this week , smart pro failed miserably as couldnt gain security access a number of times , switched to halkyard ht3 and key coded in a few mins , so win for halkyard on this one.
sp did bladed fiesta spare hu198 key new style in minutes , they all have their wins , but alot of tools struggle on the 2018 bladed fiesta , halkyard and sp seem best on these bladed keys

**rapidlocksmiths** · 18th August, 2023, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by urshul

This is a crappy device, because only in this device you need to pay for a license Toyota 8A-BA to work with a new update. All competitors (Autel, OBDSTAR) have this update completely free! The license price for one year is 1/5 of the cost Autel IM508 (with XP400 PRO + APB112+G-BOX2). Where is the logic?
Why do they want to extort money from me, who bought this Lonsdor?

you can still do later toyota without subscription but need adp25 , the subscription allows you to do this by obd without adp25 , on what this subscription costs for the year for toyota you recover your costs in 2 jobs , wheres the problem ? also if not wanting to pay this then use the adp25.

**p1et** · 18th August, 2023, 03:44 PM

Fiesta 2020 ID47 keyless and Focus 2019 bladed, those I did not manage to program with K518. I really hope for some update because those will be popular cars and honestly, Lonsdor was always strong on Fords. Back in 2018-2019 years there was no 'cheap' competitor for this tool. So it kinda worry me why since then, no real needed Ford updates, while Autel doing those with ease. Also Mustang 2020 not possible with K518, Autel easy peasy.

Seeing they still work on this tool because of recent nice updates, I hope they will work on Ford system to make it work.