{"id":8932,"date":"2023-10-25T04:57:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T04:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/?p=8932"},"modified":"2023-10-29T13:42:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T13:42:59","slug":"how-to-solve-porsche-piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-vci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/how-to-solve-porsche-piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-vci\/","title":{"rendered":"How to solve Porsche Piwis 3 cannot connect to VCI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, some customers reported that after purchasing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/goods-6976-Porsche-Tester-III-Diagnostic-Tool-Piwis-3-Software-Installed-Laptop.html\">Porsche Piwis 3<\/a> as shown in the picture below, the problem of not being able to connect to the car and not working properly suddenly appeared.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/16\/how-to-solve-porsche-piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-vci\/how-to-solve-porsche-piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-vci-1\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8938\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-1.png 520w, https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-1-300x290.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1. If the following prompt appears, it is normal. It&#8217;s not that VCI really has a problem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/16\/how-to-solve-porsche-piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-vci\/how-to-solve-porsche-piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-vci-2\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8937\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-2.png 420w, https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-2-249x300.png 249w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If this is an upgrade prompt, you can ignore it, and you can use it normally after you close it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/16\/how-to-solve-porsche-piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-vci\/how-to-solve-porsche-piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-vci-3\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8936\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"943\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-3.png 943w, https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-3-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-3-768x462.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 943px) 100vw, 943px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the VCI is not connected at this prompt, it is not that the real VCI is not working. Don&#8217;t bother about it.<\/p>\n<p>2. Only if you have connected the car for diagnosis and the following prompt appears, then there is a problem with your Porsche Piwis 3 software or hardware<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/16\/how-to-solve-porsche-piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-vci\/how-to-solve-porsche-piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-vci-4\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8935\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"519\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-4.png 519w, https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-4-300x260.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This prompt is unable to connect to the car you want to diagnose.<\/strong><br \/>\nThere are two possibilities:<br \/>\n1) Mostly because the software time has expired and cannot be used, you need to change the computer system time back to the time when you purchased the device, and cancel the system time synchronization.<br \/>\nThe operation method is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dmNLvZWk6q8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After finishing the operation according to the above method, your Porsche Piwis 3 can work normally again, as follows:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/16\/how-to-solve-porsche-piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-vci\/how-to-solve-porsche-piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-vci-5\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8934\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"793\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-5.png 793w, https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-5-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-5-768x346.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/16\/how-to-solve-porsche-piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-vci\/how-to-solve-porsche-piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-vci-6\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8933\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"777\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-6.png 777w, https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-6-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/How-to-solve-Porsche-Piwis-3-cannot-connect-to-VCI-6-768x357.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2) Another possibility is that the VCI of Porsche Piwis 3 is really broken, but this ratio is very small. We rarely encounter such problems.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any other questions, please contact our online customer service.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/\">https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, some customers reported that after purchasing the Porsche Piwis 3 as shown in the picture below, the problem of not being able to connect to the car and not working properly suddenly appeared. 1. 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