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Kwkride
| | Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2015 - 03:46 pm: | 
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Riding 360 miles, sorry.  |
Reepicheep
| | Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2015 - 03:52 pm: |
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Another friend had something like this with a Camry, and the mechanic finally replaced the ECM to fix it.
Fortunately it was an older camry, so it was $75 from Ebay. |
Hootowl
| | Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2015 - 09:19 pm: |
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They replaced a computer and the ignition switch. I suspect they didn't need to replace the computer. |
Nukeblue
| | Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2015 - 09:44 pm: |
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there's a little pin in the ign switch housing between the lock cylinder & the ign switch. prone to breaking. check that |
Aesquire
| | Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2015 - 09:46 pm: |
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This is almost enough to make me car shop for older-pre-computer cars. Unfortunately I live in the Rustiest Belt, and such cars are rare.
These guys, "Hilariously Cheap 12-Cylinder Beater Cars -- /ROAD TESTAMENT"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-Yg3aeh138
Comment that some models of say, BMW or Mercedes are incredibly bad choices because the computers of the day are no longer in production, and were the most sophisticated complex crap of the day.... and nearly impossible to fix without cubic dollars. While previous years exotic super cars need serious wrench skills, (and serious money ) they aren't impossible to work on, just complex & expensive.
Here's a tongue in cheek anti-Texas vid from some New Yorkers... "Cars That Will Get You Beat-Up In Texas -- /ROAD TESTAMENT"
I loved the comment on panel gaps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX41T16j4EY |
Kwkride
| | Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2015 - 10:03 pm: |
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That's too bad that the dealer replaced the computer. I'm sure it didn't need it. It sucks when mechanics just replace stuff at your expense until the problem is fixed. |
Mr_grumpy
| | Posted on Saturday, October 03, 2015 - 12:53 am: |
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Kwkride, that's one of the main reasons I got out of the motor trade and into driving. |
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