12-20-2025, 08:41 PM
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)
Thanks,
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,


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