What’s the right procedure for reading codes?

[HDPete]

What’s the advice on reading fault codes with VCDS? Do I ignore anything that comes up first, then do a reset and read the codes again later, or are the initial codes valuable info?

[HPsauce]

Initial codes are always useful so record them before clearing.
Go through them and look for anything that correlates with known problems on the car or could be indicating a potential hidden issue.
That's assuming this is a car you own and have driven for a while...…

Basically use common sense.
Is the car new to you or VCDS?

[HDPete]

Hi
Many thanks. I’ve had the car for 3 years and I’ve used VCDS to do a few tweaks before. Thanks for the advice