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11-01-2012, 05:38 PM | #43 | |
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And honestly? Toyota won't listen to you, because you don't work for Toyota. A friend of mine used to be a service technician (IE; Greasemonkey) and people would come in with complaints and solutions that they'd heard of, or a suspicion of what it was, and he was told not to write down more than a line or two of notes, and to ignore "unprofessional diagnosis". His service manager took this to the point of ignoring extra symptoms and just writing down the "major" problems. IE; For slow GPS reception, just "Faulty GPS", for a tyre that only leaked while driving in the city but not on highway trips, just "slow leak", for an engine that idled high when hot but normally when cold, "idles high", etc. Basically they treat anyone who's a customer like they don't know more about their car than them. Sadly that's a particularly common Australian thing at dealerships, no matter who you are. EDIT; About the ECU reflash; Mine's never going to be a daily. I want it to be a grumbly angry thing and the sooner it learns the better-- if I have to get another ECU, I will. Why not. Aggressive off-idle behaviour, early TVCS/VVI/whatever activation, aggressive maps, bring it on. Last edited by Nezz; 11-01-2012 at 07:58 PM. |
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As intended by the manufacturer some people are re-flashing the computer themselves to bring about more hp usually only after mods or to simply re-tune it. Stock cars won't need to unless they have a problem. It is the computer which controls everything on the car.
The GPS TSB is intended to rectify onboard software as well as re-position the antenna which is the cause of GPS reception problems here. Certain TSB's can be nation specific. A good service rep or head technical assistant will take good note of the explanation given by clients to problems, it gets things resolved quicker. A lot really depends on the dealer & their staff. All one can do is kindly advise the servicing dealer what's going on & what the problem may be, they will have their usual protocol in which to follow & suss it out for themselves. Having said that, I do know that technicians do use the forums because it gives them multiple insights & different avenues to try & resolve the issues. |
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I think the difficult thing after buying a new car is finding out what their service department is like (if that's your first time there) and if it doesn't suit, finding out another one that does.
This is what I had to do with my KIA Sportage to fix a leaking driveshaft - after being mucked around and wasted few days of my time, I switched to another service department and it got fixed ASAP, and kept me informed all the way. Same goes for my 370Z (my other car) when it goes in for service - past experience has been great with my 350Z, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed! |
11-01-2012, 10:42 PM | #46 |
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oh i'm just putting the 2 issues i had previously together. SC Toyota = Sydney City Toyota |
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Update. GM of the area for Toyota was assigned to my case and I've got a Corolla Hatch until Monday/ Tuesday...
I showed them the bulletin and said, "maybe this is how you fix my problem, from your HQ". They werent impressed I was in possesion of that but thats why we have the internet! ECU is being replaced by one that has been developed by some team in Melbourne after this issue came out, so apperently its got more BALLS (and isnt available through spare parts department). Im getting another sensor fitted also cos the one they replaced monday shit itself. All parts should arrive Monday and I should get the car back Tuesday things going well. Happy face.
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when they did the recalls on the TRD aurion ECU's, they were all sent to Melbourne for the updates, the flash files weren't provided to the dealers. I can't recall what they did with the ECU recall on the ZZE123 sportivo's
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Nah. I was talking about the one, solitary upshot of a reflash/reset-- It erases any memory of the break in period, the car relearns. Hopefully mine won't need it, but it's a tempting thought.
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To all those who wondered, BALLS doesn't equal better power, it just takes away the shakes ... Hope to hear from you Tuesday! |
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Best of luck for tomorrow.
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Mines in the shop too, they need it for a couple days. Camshaft gears being replaced, i was getting nasty rough idles and CEL's. i think yours was worst though
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i got the car back on thursday AM but didnt want to post in case the same thing happened again. After putting 300kms on the clock everything seems fine. There are very minor vibrations at idle, however i think thats more of me being very sensitive to nuances in the car after driving the lender corolla, rather than the problem returning...
ill report back when i hit 1000kms on the clock... i was told a new ecu and replacement sensor were replaced - however i noticed that my radio stations were still there. whereas the first fix of a reflash reset my stations (curious... was he ecu replaced? hmmm)...
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They probably just reprogrammed your radio.... recorded the stations before disconnecting the battery and then re-entered them
Of course they replaced the ECU. They won't remain a Toyota dealer long if they are told to and don't |
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