Minnesota X
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I have a 2006 x runner that I bought two years ago. The vehicle was a theft recovery, when I got it the bulbs for the fog lights were missing, the ignition cylinder had been damaged cosmetically, and the plug for the power mirror switch was missing (the wires were all there and the switch was there, but the actual connector was missing). Because of that its hard to say if anything else has been changed that I have not found yet.
The truck came with a viper 5301 remote starter, and about a year and a half ago I put on a URD tcai, dtlt headers, URD catback, and a maf cal.
I have had no issues until about two months ago, I was driving down the road and my alarm started going off, I hit the unlock button and turned it off (this was also the way that I found out that my truck had an alarm). Around the same time I tried starting my truck, and it would turn over but not fire, a friend towed it the two miles home, and by the time it got there it fired up no problem. After that it ran fine for about a month, and now it is doing it again. It will turn over, but there is no spark or fuel being pumped, there are no engine codes, and other times it will fire right up. Once it is running, it runs perfect other then that the cruise doesn't work, when I press the button to turn it on, the light will come on and then shortly after it will turn off. Also the door lock on the driver side doesnt work all of the time, I have checked the switch and it works fine, but sometimes it will only lock, sometimes it will only unlock, and sometimes it will not do anything, and the passenger side switch works everytime.
I have taken out the maf cal, remote start, and I had it into the dealer to reflash the computer because I saw a tsb that dealt with reflashing the computer because of intermittant spark. The dealer said that there were no strange codes that could explain it, but that the computer did need to be updated. I thought this was the fix, but it is still acting up. I have checked all of the fuses and they are all good, I have checked the wiring for the remote starter and I can't see any that have come loose causing a problem, and I have checked connections to the ecu, the crank and cam positioning sensors. The only thing that seems to consistently fix it temporarily is to disconnect the battery for a while. I am running short of ideas, and I don't want to have to take it to a shop. Any Ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
The truck came with a viper 5301 remote starter, and about a year and a half ago I put on a URD tcai, dtlt headers, URD catback, and a maf cal.
I have had no issues until about two months ago, I was driving down the road and my alarm started going off, I hit the unlock button and turned it off (this was also the way that I found out that my truck had an alarm). Around the same time I tried starting my truck, and it would turn over but not fire, a friend towed it the two miles home, and by the time it got there it fired up no problem. After that it ran fine for about a month, and now it is doing it again. It will turn over, but there is no spark or fuel being pumped, there are no engine codes, and other times it will fire right up. Once it is running, it runs perfect other then that the cruise doesn't work, when I press the button to turn it on, the light will come on and then shortly after it will turn off. Also the door lock on the driver side doesnt work all of the time, I have checked the switch and it works fine, but sometimes it will only lock, sometimes it will only unlock, and sometimes it will not do anything, and the passenger side switch works everytime.
I have taken out the maf cal, remote start, and I had it into the dealer to reflash the computer because I saw a tsb that dealt with reflashing the computer because of intermittant spark. The dealer said that there were no strange codes that could explain it, but that the computer did need to be updated. I thought this was the fix, but it is still acting up. I have checked all of the fuses and they are all good, I have checked the wiring for the remote starter and I can't see any that have come loose causing a problem, and I have checked connections to the ecu, the crank and cam positioning sensors. The only thing that seems to consistently fix it temporarily is to disconnect the battery for a while. I am running short of ideas, and I don't want to have to take it to a shop. Any Ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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