Love the longer series 👍 The more in depth, the better. I’d rather hear you say “read” and learn where to get the information than to watch someone swap parts and say “It’s fixed!” That’s not a real world scenario. Good stuff, man 👌
Awesome job Jake! These vehicles are sent to try us. I had a Toyota Aurion recently with water damage. Nothing was simple and I was left scratching my head at times. I got there in the end. You do a great job explaining your thought process and your diagnostic path. Keep 'em comin' mate! 😉👍
No apologies accepted. You are the one to be thanked. You are taking your time out to make this content. I like your style, learn as you go vs . some others, make you feel they are Einstein, and you are an amoeba.
It is amazing to me that you could find and fix all the problems this car had , I don't know anybody in my area that would even take the time and effort to finally fix all these things , Job well done !
Normaly on many toyota models just activate tc and te terminal on dlc leave it for 30 minutes and it programs itself with immo and other stuff.you can do it from actuation test from scanner it works for me all the time..cheers and great work
I don't mean this in a bad way, but I do really appreciate when you have a car where you are really challenged. The reason is that's when you really showcase your meticulous diagnostic procedure, which I use as a learning experience to improve my diagnostic procedure. You might say I'm trying to steal the recipe for your secret sauce. Thank you for all the amazing videos. I can't even begin to imagine how much time you put into making them at the level of quality that you do.
Nothing wrong with having multiple series on a car when something major goes wrong because it displays the complexity of today's cars and what mechanics have to go through fix them versus older cars.
These were great videos with all the problems this vehicle had. Certainly makes you think. You came through and got it back to everything working. I agree with you about what that dealership did to this vehicle and the non warranty. The best part is the next owner will have a great working vehicle. My concern would be if this vehicle was struck by lightning, it'll probably be back with more problems in the future. Time will tell. Very Good One Jake. You need some vacation time after this one!
In my experience once lightning has done its damage that it nothing else later goes bad. Now flood cars is another story, they are never ending and I avoid working on them.
Camry is a legendary car hands down it's SAD how the WRONG these dealerships are doing to these cars today! I grant you this isn't the 1st one that gotten "scrapped" cuz greedy dealers trying to scare you into a new one
I've got a 2011 Ford Transit Connect like you that I use for my mobile mechanic business. Great van. Have a 48" husky toolbox in the back got a real nice setup. 👨🏼🔧
Dealers hate warranty work! They saw the problem with the wheel speed sensor causing the speedometer and therefore odometer to not record the speed and miles traveled. This gave them an excuse to deny warranty, though officially they blame it on collision damage, their issue with the car was no way no how it had so few miles on it. This enabled them to feel justified in demanding the customer pay them full price to repair it. It isn't right unless they know the car had actually driven a lot of miles with the odometer not recording the true miles.
Great videos as always, one request here, could you make a video using the scope from the Maxi sys Ultra, basically how to use it, how to adjust it and everything if it’s not too much to ask. You’re great at explaining things from the mechanic perspective!. I’ve been learning a lot from you, thank you very much!.
I would have found the bad pin very quickly, but not because of how the pin failed. To make sliding connections work, like spring tang automotive connector pins, the design must address the following basic considerations: circuit voltage, circuit current (minimum wetting current), connector cycles, oxidation (of coating and base metal), type of wire (stranded or tinned stranded), and wiping contact coating wear (which would include fretting corrosion). How to have quickly found the bad pin. In automotive design it is very difficult to make low current connections reliable, like the Thermistor circuit which went intermittent. Also, a HEGO sensor output. Most module designers specify the module connector pin size and plating type, both on the module side and the harness pin side. This is why you will see different module harness connector pin types, some are tin plated and some are gold plated. However, when the module designer is not driving the design, like in the case of the in line connector AK4, part of the harness engineer responsibility, you may see an inferior connector pin used (underperforming plating type), which will usually fail first, often due to corrosion. The correct gold plating thickness for the Thermistor connector wiping contact would be expensive. Looking at the wiring diagram, the intermittent Thermistor circuit has only one in line connector AK4, which would be the starting point for your testing. The expected failure type is pin corrosion (oxidation, fretting, etc.) and not a sprung pin tang. Most loose pin connections (sprung pins) would be discovered during harness testing at the factory. The pin crimping machines use pins fed on large reels from the connector (pin) manufacturer. I have never seen a sprung pin on a factory supplied reel. It is possible that the crimping machine damaged a pin, but the operators would know, and the pin removed and another re-crimped on the rework bench before the harness would even be tested. For rework the harness wires would just be cut back and then new pins crimped on. A sprung pin is usually due to improper front probing of the connector pin by a technician, which is very common. After applying the Deoxit D100 to the female pins you should cycle the connection a couple of times. It is the wiping motion with Deoxit applied which thoroughly cleans and lubricates the pins. You can prove this to yourself with an old set of highly oxidized mating pins. Apply D100 and then with increasing cycles (up to about 4) the connection will increasingly feel smoother without loosing tension. At this point the pin is fully cleaned. The lubricating action of D100 is important for very large module connectors with over 50 pins. Once all of the pins are lubricated the connection will be made much easier and greatly reduce the risk of a harness side pin being pushed backwards in the connector housing. Pins should be cleaned and lubricated for best results. If there are multiple in line connector pairs on the same bracket, especially if the bracket is not resistant against vibration, all of the in line connections should be treated with Deoxit D100. This will help prevent fretting corrosion.
Looking at the AC amplifier diagram-don’t all modern toyotas and cars for that matter use a refrigeration control valve in the compressor? Not a magnetic clutch as labelled in diagram?
Superb video, Jake! Seems this car really got the wrath of the gods :-) Most likely lightning damaged and a bad connector from factory, to complete the lot. Anyway, fully working now. Your extensive details of the procedures, made for a very informative video! Thanks for taking this extra time and effort!
Great video series. I like to see the complex issues in a series format. Oh and good detective work on this car. My vote is a lighting strike or other sort of electrical disturbance.
that explains why when you shut the door the temp sensor started working. dam those ones are real tricky . have to say that Toyota service data was awesome . man i don’t have that level of service data and i work in a plant 🤣🤣🤣🤣 but i would say they have spent a few million in r&d to get that level of interaction on there data tech awesome for sure . great series on that car really enjoyed watching the proses . and yes sir we all do drop a rickett now and then . if i had a dollar for every time i have been testing the wrong wire or had the metre in the wrong mode i would have retired years ago 🤣🤣🤣🤣 but it’s about your proses check read then double check if something don’t feel right or your not getting what you expect . never trust your service data and never trust your scan tool 😵💫😵💫😵💫 well use it as a guide but not the be all and end all . had some pretty deep rabbit holes in my time following scan tool data 🤣🤣🤣
Toyota will never pay for all the time spent on that car for the financial loss for the tech working on the car. I kind of understand. I do believe he never got paid .Toyota only paids if you find something wrong. That's what happens when you work for a car dealership 😢
Shipping companies need to get rid of the "ship x number of parcels or you lose money" cause it's causing millions of customers to lose twice as much time having to send back damaged parcels. Maybe make it so that the shipping agent loses even more money for damaged parcels than if they don't ship enough parcels.
Yes and I think just the service information is $45 for 2 days but I buy the full diagnostic software package when I need it $70 for 2 days. I just happened to have an active sub from a different car I did a software update on.
DO you like the Topdon scope? I know the topdon compared to a pico is probably not comparable, but since you are using is in a real world situation, do you find the topdon scope more than fine for 95% of the the use case?
I don't see your brain light flashing, some smart alternators don't charge right away, this is called a soft start, others know the battery is strong and maybe you have your jump box on, so we need to turn on all the loads to show a need for charging. You admit to a bad memory, and so do I Brother, we need to keep serious notes on how to set up our scope, presets suck in my opinion if they are available, we end up changing the settings almost every time anyways from the presets. I wish you would have zoomed in on the LIN waveform to see the HEADER, it appears that the alternator is the only signature on this wire and nothing else like a Grille Shutter or Intake Runner Actuator that can be on the same line on some cars. Sometimes if you call ALLDATA they will find the AK4 for you and they will fix the software for the next update. AM Service to this level of detail, I am also a Computer Programmer (BSCS) and that costs real money so whatever the AM is working on, its going to be slow for sure. I bet the Dealer was in there spreading that PIN also as they know where to inspect but with it being intermittent, it must have been good? During your WIGGLE Test, I think you did not show the scanner nor the cluster temps?? Thank you for this series, I normally do not watch your EURO long series or older vehicle series but I am a JDM Tech.
@@autodiagyt All this technology in cars! You'd think they're building a plane or spaceship , instead of something that been rolling on the road for some odd 150 years now without all the mind blowing expensive techology!
Videos like this are why I like you, Ivan and Eric O.
Awesome series! Don’t sweat the long series format, we like ‘em all… Quick diag/fix, long winding paths, it’s all good.
Car from hell,patients of a saint,nice work,thanks for all your work
Love the longer series 👍 The more in depth, the better. I’d rather hear you say “read” and learn where to get the information than to watch someone swap parts and say “It’s fixed!” That’s not a real world scenario. Good stuff, man 👌
Awesome job Jake! These vehicles are sent to try us. I had a Toyota Aurion recently with water damage. Nothing was simple and I was left scratching my head at times. I got there in the end.
You do a great job explaining your thought process and your diagnostic path. Keep 'em comin' mate! 😉👍
No apologies accepted. You are the one to be thanked. You are taking your time out to make this content. I like your style, learn as you go vs . some others, make you feel they are Einstein, and you are an amoeba.
Very nice, it's always very nice to see the engine running for more than 3 seconds.
Ran into part five and need to see the first 4 parts. It got me intrigued great diag sir
It is amazing to me that you could find and fix all the problems this car had , I don't know anybody in my area that would even take the time and effort to finally fix all these things , Job well done !
It was a good series. If you don't have to return the broken alternator, salvage the parts to repair the bad one you removed.
Normaly on many toyota models just activate tc and te terminal on dlc leave it for 30 minutes and it programs itself with immo and other stuff.you can do it from actuation test from scanner it works for me all the time..cheers and great work
I don't mean this in a bad way, but I do really appreciate when you have a car where you are really challenged. The reason is that's when you really showcase your meticulous diagnostic procedure, which I use as a learning experience to improve my diagnostic procedure. You might say I'm trying to steal the recipe for your secret sauce. Thank you for all the amazing videos. I can't even begin to imagine how much time you put into making them at the level of quality that you do.
Great job and video Jake. The struggle is real. Also, Southern English is my native tongue and I understand you clearly. Keep the videos coming
That was great ! I have been messing with an intermittent climate control computer for months. Lots of fantastic tips on this episode alone. Cheers !
best video series i have ever watched thanks so much for explaining the way you did helps more than you will ever know
Nothing wrong with having multiple series on a car when something major goes wrong because it displays the complexity of today's cars and what mechanics have to go through fix them versus older cars.
These were great videos with all the problems this vehicle had. Certainly makes you think. You came through and got it back to everything working.
I agree with you about what that dealership did to this vehicle and the non warranty. The best part is the next owner will have a great working vehicle. My concern would be if this vehicle was struck by lightning, it'll probably be back with more problems in the future. Time will tell.
Very Good One Jake. You need some vacation time after this one!
In my experience once lightning has done its damage that it nothing else later goes bad. Now flood cars is another story, they are never ending and I avoid working on them.
Camry is a legendary car hands down it's SAD how the WRONG these dealerships are doing to these cars today! I grant you this isn't the 1st one that gotten "scrapped" cuz greedy dealers trying to scare you into a new one
Great diagnosis and repairs.
Jake you are one heck of a troubleshooter and one very through and honest technician who tells it like it is . Thank you for sharing . Artie 👍
What great content I love it. Thanks for the time to share all this info
Thank you for sharing with us such a long process. You are honest and straight. As you said, it is starting from scratch. Talent and tolerance is you.
I've got a 2011 Ford Transit Connect like you that I use for my mobile mechanic business. Great van. Have a 48" husky toolbox in the back got a real nice setup. 👨🏼🔧
I have the kobalt box lol. It worked out great being able to take the wheels off and then drill through the bottom and bolt it to the van floor.
Wow great work and thanks for teaching us all Jake
Dealers hate warranty work! They saw the problem with the wheel speed sensor causing the speedometer and therefore odometer to not record the speed and miles traveled. This gave them an excuse to deny warranty, though officially they blame it on collision damage, their issue with the car was no way no how it had so few miles on it. This enabled them to feel justified in demanding the customer pay them full price to repair it. It isn't right unless they know the car had actually driven a lot of miles with the odometer not recording the true miles.
Great videos as always, one request here, could you make a video using the scope from the Maxi sys Ultra, basically how to use it, how to adjust it and everything if it’s not too much to ask. You’re great at explaining things from the mechanic perspective!. I’ve been learning a lot from you, thank you very much!.
Great video explaining everything
excellent video and how you explain things, the electrics on any newer cars these are done on the cheaper side of production. good job.
Jake, this one wore me out but so glad to see you persevere in the end. Thanks for Sharing! 🙃🙂
Always enjoy systematic, logical explanations, keep up the good work.
Well done! A hard fought battle.
wow you make really good video and you take the time to explain .thank you
Thank you for everything
I would have found the bad pin very quickly, but not because of how the pin failed.
To make sliding connections work, like spring tang automotive connector pins, the design must address the following basic considerations: circuit voltage, circuit current (minimum wetting current), connector cycles, oxidation (of coating and base metal), type of wire (stranded or tinned stranded), and wiping contact coating wear (which would include fretting corrosion).
How to have quickly found the bad pin.
In automotive design it is very difficult to make low current connections reliable, like the Thermistor circuit which went intermittent. Also, a HEGO sensor output.
Most module designers specify the module connector pin size and plating type, both on the module side and the harness pin side. This is why you will see different module harness connector pin types, some are tin plated and some are gold plated. However, when the module designer is not driving the design, like in the case of the in line connector AK4, part of the harness engineer responsibility, you may see an inferior connector pin used (underperforming plating type), which will usually fail first, often due to corrosion. The correct gold plating thickness for the Thermistor connector wiping contact would be expensive.
Looking at the wiring diagram, the intermittent Thermistor circuit has only one in line connector AK4, which would be the starting point for your testing. The expected failure type is pin corrosion (oxidation, fretting, etc.) and not a sprung pin tang.
Most loose pin connections (sprung pins) would be discovered during harness testing at the factory. The pin crimping machines use pins fed on large reels from the connector (pin) manufacturer. I have never seen a sprung pin on a factory supplied reel. It is possible that the crimping machine damaged a pin, but the operators would know, and the pin removed and another re-crimped on the rework bench before the harness would even be tested. For rework the harness wires would just be cut back and then new pins crimped on.
A sprung pin is usually due to improper front probing of the connector pin by a technician, which is very common.
After applying the Deoxit D100 to the female pins you should cycle the connection a couple of times. It is the wiping motion with Deoxit applied which thoroughly cleans and lubricates the pins. You can prove this to yourself with an old set of highly oxidized mating pins. Apply D100 and then with increasing cycles (up to about 4) the connection will increasingly feel smoother without loosing tension. At this point the pin is fully cleaned. The lubricating action of D100 is important for very large module connectors with over 50 pins. Once all of the pins are lubricated the connection will be made much easier and greatly reduce the risk of a harness side pin being pushed backwards in the connector housing. Pins should be cleaned and lubricated for best results.
If there are multiple in line connector pairs on the same bracket, especially if the bracket is not resistant against vibration, all of the in line connections should be treated with Deoxit D100. This will help prevent fretting corrosion.
Looking at the AC amplifier diagram-don’t all modern toyotas and cars for that matter use a refrigeration control valve in the compressor? Not a magnetic clutch as labelled in diagram?
I have no idea I don't work on many Toyotas.
Superb video, Jake! Seems this car really got the wrath of the gods :-) Most likely lightning damaged and a bad connector from factory, to complete the lot. Anyway, fully working now.
Your extensive details of the procedures, made for a very informative video! Thanks for taking this extra time and effort!
Don't say sorry for the many / long videos. It's what keeps us entertained. Thanks.
Excellent series, what a project, keep up the great work
Great video series. I like to see the complex issues in a series format. Oh and good detective work on this car. My vote is a lighting strike or other sort of electrical disturbance.
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Excellent videos, well done
best video ya made so far, thk
Now, congratulations Dude ... Awesome episodes, and to be honest, well spent time.
👍👍👍 good work!!!!!!!
Awesome man thanks for the great diagnostic video!!
What a brilliant mind.
Great séries jakéz
Impressive
Really enjoy all ur videos
Great content.
That was an epic journey, my money was on lightening or gremlins.🤪
Thanks!
Thanks!
really interesting case. in the end are cars like this worth it? to some its yes others.....well ....
that explains why when you shut the door the temp sensor started working. dam those ones are real tricky . have to say that Toyota service data was awesome . man i don’t have that level of service data and i work in a plant 🤣🤣🤣🤣 but i would say they have spent a few million in r&d to get that level of interaction on there data tech awesome for sure . great series on that car really enjoyed watching the proses . and yes sir we all do drop a rickett now and then . if i had a dollar for every time i have been testing the wrong wire or had the metre in the wrong mode i would have retired years ago 🤣🤣🤣🤣 but it’s about your proses check read then double check if something don’t feel right or your not getting what you expect . never trust your service data and never trust your scan tool 😵💫😵💫😵💫 well use it as a guide but not the be all and end all . had some pretty deep rabbit holes in my time following scan tool data 🤣🤣🤣
Toyota will never pay for all the time spent on that car for the financial loss for the tech working on the car. I kind of understand. I do believe he never got paid .Toyota only paids if you find something wrong. That's what happens when you work for a car dealership 😢
I am sure you were happy to see this one go. Can you share the number of hours to spent as well as the number of hours you billed.
I think my total billed hours was around 15
Well done great video thank you thank you.
Grasias
hi Jake. Great video as always Great Tech. Tha ks
Because you did the tc learn more than likely if you got more than one remote, only 1 will work. I do believe the vin. Right up is all you need.
Both remotes will still work. It's not reprogrammming keys, just syncing the ECM to the IMMO.
Since it was marked as collision damage why didn't the customer file the claim with insurance?
For insurance to pay they have to have reasonable proof the collision caused the module failures.
You should have sent this car to Scotty Kilmer 😂 so he can make a 12min video while waving his hands. Great series!👌
dealerships now days are scantool mechanics and lube techs.
Shipping companies need to get rid of the "ship x number of parcels or you lose money" cause it's causing millions of customers to lose twice as much time having to send back damaged parcels. Maybe make it so that the shipping agent loses even more money for damaged parcels than if they don't ship enough parcels.
Is that "Toyota tech info" factory sit3 behind a pay wall? How much is it?
Yes and I think just the service information is $45 for 2 days but I buy the full diagnostic software package when I need it $70 for 2 days. I just happened to have an active sub from a different car I did a software update on.
DO you like the Topdon scope? I know the topdon compared to a pico is probably not comparable, but since you are using is in a real world situation, do you find the topdon scope more than fine for 95% of the the use case?
Yes in most cases its perfectly fine. The only draw back to it is the power consumption drains the battery of the scan tool fast.
I’m surprised you didn’t just clone the original one?
Really no reason to. It probably would of taken just as long.
What city/state are you located in?
I have one you can diagnose/repair if not too far away.
North Alabama
@@autodiagyt Southern middle Tennessee here so not as far away as I thought. I'll get in touch via email shortly.
Hy sir .... Toyota Corolla 1.3L s maf is over reporting .I change maf 3 time but didn't fix.why maf is at 3g/s instead of 1.6g/s.plz fuel trims -30
Several things can cause this issue.
@@autodiagyt r there can mechinal problem plz point out
Did you check your fuel pressure@@AAA-br3cs
Great video explaining everything I give you 1 subscribe this one is what can I do 👌thanks
Thanks for the sub!
Its always hard to get the whole story. Following along the story it may also have been a jump start gone wrong.
I don't see your brain light flashing, some smart alternators don't charge right away, this is called a soft start, others know the battery is strong and maybe you have your jump box on, so we need to turn on all the loads to show a need for charging. You admit to a bad memory, and so do I Brother, we need to keep serious notes on how to set up our scope, presets suck in my opinion if they are available, we end up changing the settings almost every time anyways from the presets.
I wish you would have zoomed in on the LIN waveform to see the HEADER, it appears that the alternator is the only signature on this wire and nothing else like a Grille Shutter or Intake Runner Actuator that can be on the same line on some cars.
Sometimes if you call ALLDATA they will find the AK4 for you and they will fix the software for the next update. AM Service to this level of detail, I am also a Computer Programmer (BSCS) and that costs real money so whatever the AM is working on, its going to be slow for sure. I bet the Dealer was in there spreading that PIN also as they know where to inspect but with it being intermittent, it must have been good? During your WIGGLE Test, I think you did not show the scanner nor the cluster temps?? Thank you for this series, I normally do not watch your EURO long series or older vehicle series but I am a JDM Tech.
You’re far far far from an idiot.. I would say close to a genius!!
What's the point of all this B.S.????
The point in what?
@@autodiagyt
All this technology in cars! You'd think they're building a plane or spaceship , instead of something that been rolling on the road for some odd 150 years now without all the mind blowing expensive techology!
Thank you Jake! Excellent follow through!