Dead battery

[NewSupraOwner]

Make sure your jumper box has at least 14.6 volts. If it doesn’t start, it’ll need to be towed most likely…

Don't have a jumper box. Connected it to my Tundra for 30 minutes.

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[NewSupraOwner]

You can’t just replace the battery yourself, it needs to be programmed…

Yeah -- first person that replied gave me the links to what I need for the "programming" part of it. Going to give it a go -- some folks on the forums seem to have done this themselves, but no one has posted exact steps on the programming side.

 

[GoldenEye]

Try a jumper box…

Don't have a jumper box. Connected it to my Tundra for 30 minutes.

 

[NewSupraOwner]

Try a jumper box…

As the first person that replied mentioned, even with a drain/recharge scenario, I'm going to still have to re-register the battery because the car is completely dead. Not sure what a jumper box gets me if another vehicle can't revive it?

 

[GoldenEye]

@NewSupraOwner also, Did you get any power in the car when you hooked up the jumper cables to your tundra?

 

[GoldenEye]

I’m just trying to help you my friend. I literally just went thru a very similar issue and I’m sharing what worked for me…

As the first person that replied mentioned, even with a drain/recharge scenario, I'm going to still have to re-register the battery because the car is completely dead. Not sure what a jumper box gets me if another vehicle can't revive it?

 

[NewSupraOwner]

@NewSupraOwner also, Did you get any power in the car when you hooked up the jumper cables to your tundra?

Yeah everything came on, no CELs. When I hit Start, everything goes black, starter gets maybe 1 rev but just isn't getting enough power it seems to turn over.

 

[GoldenEye]

I had the same exact issue until I fully charged my jumper box, then it started. I even tried jumping it with my 4Runner and that didn’t work…

Yeah everything came on, no CELs. When I hit Start, everything goes black, starter gets maybe 1 rev but just isn't getting enough power it seems to turn over.

 

[NewSupraOwner]

I had the same exact issue until I fully charged my jumper box, then it started. I even tried jumping it with my 4Runner and that didn’t work…

Gotcha -- what box did you use?

 

[GoldenEye]

@NewSupraOwner I don’t know the brand name, but it’s just a standard jumper box that shows how many volts it has. I have no idea why this worked and my 4Runner didn’t, but it did…

 

[GoldenEye]

I think this is the one I have

 

[NewSupraOwner]

For anyone interested, I bought a new Toyota TrueStart battery matched to the car, an OBDLink MX+, and Bimmerlink. Got the new battery installed and registered in 10 minutes, no CELs or codes. Here's the thread with the details:

https://www.supramkv.com/threads/battery-replacement-programming.14298/

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