A method for carrying out a remote diagnosis in a motor vehicle is provided, including initializing the remote diagnosis, determining diagnostic data in the vehicle as a function of diagnostic mechanisms and/or diagnostic parameters available in the vehicle at the time of the diagnostic data determination,...http://www.google.de/patents/US7096101?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7096101 - Method for carrying out a telediagnosis on a motor vehicle, vehicle diagnosis module and service center