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Post by Telemachus on Dec 20, 2017 18:33:23 GMT
Yes had the same issue with my Subaru after disconnecting the battery. As you’ve found out, leaving the ignition on for a while before starting (20 seconds in the case of the Subaru) allows it to run through its calibration cycle and then all is well. Well-ish, because the learnt mixture fine tuning is lost too, so you might find the car doesn’t run quite as smoothly as usual but it will be fine again after 50 miles or so.
The information is all stored so it will be fine tomorrow and innfact until you next disconnect the battery.
Doesn’t inspire much confidence in your local Toyota chappie though - this is a well known issue with jap cars of a certain age!
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Post by thebfg on Dec 20, 2017 19:33:03 GMT
The light bulb thing is to hopefully make you go to a dealer to change it.
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Post by Telemachus on Dec 20, 2017 20:24:37 GMT
Yes - I found stuff related to this straight away from the Internet. You'd think Toyota themselves would have a clue! 6 years old is still 'new' - 138,000km on the clock. Now... the odometer/milometer doesn't go askew... so why does everything else? Have to reset the poxy clock ffs! Next time I can try the 'ignition on for 5 minutes' trick. If I am correct, in ye good olden days it was not good to have the ignition on and the engine not running as the coil would overheat. Now there are no coils and no distributors (as such); no points any more - electronic timing, no carburettors any more - fuel injection. Modern cars are pretty reliable, but there are still design flaws a-galore. Obviously it’s important that the odo doesn’t reset to zero when the battery is removed. Otherwise there would be lots of low mileage second hand cars! Secure non-volatile memory required. For the “learnt” data, data security is less important so no need to take care of it with a power failure, it can easily be re-learnt. Volatile memory is cheaper than non-volatile, and the latter is much slower. Or it was in the days when the ECU was designed. No points and coils in modern cars so no issue with leaving the ignition on for a while, except ultimately a flat battery. Welll there are coils - usually 1 in each plug cap - but they are not powered except momentarily to create a spark. |
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Post by peterboat on Dec 20, 2017 23:20:24 GMT
It could worse Audi A6 remove bumper to replace sidelight bulbs!! In fact plenty of cars have the same issues its a pain but the internet is your friend and then just dont buy that car!!
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Post by Jim on Dec 21, 2017 9:05:29 GMT
It's all sorted in the new model, the Toyota Elba.
Looks similar to yours, in fact some have trouble knowing their Auris from their Elba.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 9:09:14 GMT
Be honest...... how long have you been waiting for the opportunity to use that pretty damned good though  Rog |
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Post by Jim on Dec 21, 2017 9:11:22 GMT
Be honest...... how long have you been waiting for the opportunity to use that pretty damned good though Rog A while. Came to me while looking at a nice Auris! |
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Post by JohnV on Dec 21, 2017 9:12:02 GMT
^^^^^^^ Ow Ow Ow !!!
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