my maxysys doing exactly the same i phoned tech support uk and was told what did i expect them to do as my updates expired in november 2016 and it's been doing this since feb this year 2 month exactly since updates expired was told i would have to purchase updates never had this problem with snapon now just got a very expensive paper weight i was going to update in november this year skip a year like i used to with snapon what good is a diagnostic machine if you can only use it whilst you paying for updates the software loaded should be good for at least a year complain to tech support the more that complain something might be done about it i'm still waiting not good after sales

 Has anyone resolved this issue yet?  Just purchased a MS906BT for personal use, probably less than 15 vehicles a year (mostly older models).  The current version of vehicles would be all I need for many years and then I could update when I decided to.  I still have several weeks and I can return the system for a full refund (which is what I will do if I cannot scan vehicles past the 1 year mark).  In the first place who would update a unit for $1200 when you can buy a complete new unit for $100 more.  Even if I was able to use it after the software expiration for a few years I would still just buy a new unit.