ECM repair
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What is your ECM doing or not doing? Maybe check with some of the eBay vendors that repair ETACs. Sometimes a fried circuit is toast and that’s that.
Also what rig do you have? Someone may have a spare to sell
Also what rig do you have? Someone may have a spare to sell
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An early 99 4Runner was the donor vehicle for a 3.4 auto swap into my 94 pickup. It's ran great for 2 yrs but lately it's hit or miss as to whether it's going to start.
When I put my backup ECM in it fires up but that ecm is from a 00 4Runner and the engine runs fine I just get a couple transmission codes. I was looking for recommendations on who had good luck or bad with all the different repair facilities. Thanks wyoming9, I'll look into those guys.
When I put my backup ECM in it fires up but that ecm is from a 00 4Runner and the engine runs fine I just get a couple transmission codes. I was looking for recommendations on who had good luck or bad with all the different repair facilities. Thanks wyoming9, I'll look into those guys.
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I'm not sure if this is related or completely true, but I read that the 99' ECU with immobilizer must have a programmed chipped key close by to work, I also read that if you lose ALL your keys, specifically on a early 99' the ECU wasn't designed to be reprogrammed and 1 must by a new ECU with a programmed key, supposedly this was corrected in 2000+ so that if you lost ALL your keys the ECU could still be programmed to except a new key. Did you tape the donor key to the replacement 99' immobilizer ECU, strange it would start at all without the programmed key close by..
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Malcolm99- yes I've been running with the key and transponder amplifier up under the kick panel with the ecm. . But you're thinking the ecm for the limited with engine immobilizer can't be reprogrammed. So going to an ECM from a SR5 without the immobilizer would be the way I need to go.
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