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Need urgent help (paid remote assistance ok): ISTA programming failure → starter lock - gumba128 - 12-20-2025
Hi everyone — I’m looking for urgent help and I’m willing to pay for remote assistance from someone experienced (ISTA/E-Sys/G-series/G05 recovery).
What happened (short version)
- I was working in ISTA+ and it entered a programming / measures plan type process.
- During that process, ISTA reported a failure and then displayed a message indicating it could not undo / release the starter lock (starter interlock).
- After that point, things went downhill fast: I’m now dealing with widespread communication issues and the car is effectively “down” (modules not responding normally, screens/operation not right, and diagnostic sessions are unstable).
- ISTA frequently loses communication with the vehicle during functions/tests.
- E-Sys connection attempts are failing as well (can’t reliably establish/maintain a session).
- Overall: car is not behaving normally and I can’t get it back into a stable state to complete diagnostics/programming.
- If you have experience recovering a G-series after an ISTA programming interruption/failure (especially involving starter lock not releasing), please reply or DM me.
- I’m specifically looking for someone who can remote in) and guide me step-by-step or directly help run the correct recovery procedure.
- I can provide logs/screenshots, ISTA version info, interface type (ENET/ICOM), and current battery/charger setup.
Thanks,
RE: Need urgent help (paid remote assistance ok): ISTA programming failure → starter lock - gumba128 - 12-20-2025
Here are some screen shots, man please any help is appreciated.! this sucks. I just bought the PL6100 charger/maintainer so I thought I was safe.
RE: Need urgent help (paid remote assistance ok): ISTA programming failure → starter lock - ek1978 - 12-21-2025
PM me , I see what I can do , just remember that I am 6 hours ahead ( +1 GMT ) and I have time only today.
I need access to your Computer with internet connection and teamviewer or Rustdesk remote app.
RE: Need urgent help (paid remote assistance ok): ISTA programming failure → starter lock - gumba128 - 12-22-2025
(12-21-2025, 10:41 AM)ek1978 Wrote: PM me , I see what I can do , just remember that I am 6 hours ahead ( +1 GMT ) and I have time only today.
I need access to your Computer with internet connection and teamviewer or Rustdesk remote app.
Dude I'm so sorry , I passed out and just got up and saw this. I am interested man. I need my car/ It' has me so stressed that I have not slept in a few days so today my body just crashed. When are you free man, serosity I appreciate your time . I have Ultra viewer installed
RE: Need urgent help (paid remote assistance ok): ISTA programming failure → starter lock - dazdillinger - 12-23-2025
Hello test another ista installation
RE: Need urgent help (paid remote assistance ok): ISTA programming failure → starter lock - gumba128 - 12-25-2025
(12-23-2025, 04:20 PM)dazdillinger Wrote: Hello test another ista installation
It won't let me now, Ista says it can't detect the integration level, so it does not create the measures plan and put a no start loc om the vechicle
RE: Need urgent help (paid remote assistance ok): ISTA programming failure → starter lock - JSC - 12-26-2025
Try:
1. Disable transport mode in ISTA
2. Run the "Reset starter lock" under Service functions -> Power train -> Engine start in ISTA
RE: Need urgent help (paid remote assistance ok): ISTA programming failure → starter lock - Eng Fabio SC - 12-27-2025
Has it been resolved?
RE: Need urgent help (paid remote assistance ok): ISTA programming failure → starter lock - gumba128 - 12-29-2025
(12-27-2025, 02:11 AM)Eng Fabio SC Wrote: Has it been resolved?
Yeah, I had to reprogram the ZGW . Car starts and all but I think something is still not correct, I have a code : 801C60 Initialisation of flexray missing and if try to initialize the whole car goes back to the same state. (Dmes offline dsc etc... pretty no coms ) so I'n trying to figure out why. May need to reprogram the gateway again but I am leaving th car alone for now. Basically from what I gather, thew car is having trouble getting into learning mode. Any ideas?
-David