How long has your Supra been in the shop so far?

[scoates]

Does time being held up before PDI could be completed because of missing parts count? If so I'm 1 week, but not had to go back for anything else, yet...

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[thedude]

Does time being held up before PDI could be completed because of missing parts count? If so I'm 1 week, but not had to go back for anything else, yet...

Interesting. Maybe??

 

[ToyoBMW]

1 day to get the rear view camera update. and another 15 minutes at a different dealer to get my rear plate bracket drilled on

 

[Half Vast]

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[POS VETT]

My car has been in the shop since September 5. The car wouldn't go through PDI process completely. After several attempts by FTS, long wait on a Body Domain Controller, and inability to fix it, it's in the process of "repurchase", i.e. it's now a lemon.

The whole thing is nothing but a giant mess filled with disappointment and blatant insults from Toyota Customer Care.

 

[thedude]

My car has been in the shop since September 5. The car wouldn't go through PDI process completely. After several attempts by FTS, long wait on a Body Domain Controller, and inability to fix it, it's in the process of "repurchase", i.e. it's now a lemon.

The whole thing is nothing but a giant mess filled with disappointment and blatant insults from Toyota Customer Care.

Yeah, the “body ECU” might be the same part and is what is holding up my fix. They can’t pull the firmware off the old one and install the image onto the new module. Sounds like a huge oversight or possibly a bug QA missed during the scantool dev process.

I’m in process for a replacement. You’re doing buyback? I take it you don’t want a Supra anymore?

 

[POS VETT]

Yeah, the “body ECU” might be the same part and is what is holding up my fix. They can’t pull the firmware off the old one and install the image onto the new module. Sounds like a huge oversight or possibly a bug QA missed during the scantool dev process.

I’m in process for a replacement. You’re doing buyback? I take it you don’t want a Supra anymore?

Nope, I don't want another, I'm done. The replacement BDC made it worse and the car was dead with it (hatch wouldn't open, engine wouldn't start, etc.). This is just a car and not a space shuttle, it's scary that they don't know how to fix it.

 

[Hillstart]

Might have misread question, initially went with more than 1 week as took 8 days from being delivered to collecting vehicle, changed to zero as not been back with any faults, although now in storage for winter.

 

[JasonO]

Well if they can’t do anything with the ECU, tuners should be ecstatic as they may have warranty for awhile.

Sorry to hear about your experience though.

 

[thedude]

Well if they can’t do anything with the ECU, tuners should be ecstatic as they may have warranty for awhile.

Sorry to hear about your experience though.

No, it’s a body ECU - an ECU that controls the lights and other body elements. The main ECU for remapping is flashable as evidenced by many modified cars...

 

[JasonO]

No, it’s a body ECU - an ECU that controls the lights and other body elements. The main ECU for remapping is flashable as evidenced by many modified cars...

I understand it is flashable. What I was hinting at was that if they can’t talk to one ECU, they may not be able to talk to any of them. If they can’t see what your ECU has to say, they can’t see what has been done to the ECU.

 

[thedude]

I understand it is flashable. What I was hinting at was that if they can’t talk to one ECU, they may not be able to talk to any of them. If they can’t see what your ECU has to say, they can’t see what has been done to the ECU.

Yeah, I guess what I’m saying is that it would be quite an unexpected scenario if the tuners could access it but Toyota could not.

 

[Zupraman]

1 day starting today, but i doubt it'll be there long.

 

[thedude]

Got my letter from Toyota saying they’re buying my car back. Will be in 7 weeks tomorrow.

 

[ToyoBMW]

Got my letter from Toyota saying they’re buying my car back. Will be in 7 weeks tomorrow.

well at least you got a free rental for 7 weeks....and counting. Did you pay a dealer markup when you bought the car? I wonder how that would work out if you did pay a markup

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