HELP SMARTY left me stranded now pickup won't start.

[BILLVO]

I was trying out my new smarty today and tried a couple different programs and then in the middle of the country I was waiting for someone and tried to load another program and it was interupted now all it does is goes to the screen that says



Err comm. Time out /troubleshooting says to check connection cable done that about 30 times no change truck will not start and fuel pump relay pulses constantly causing fass to pulse along with it now.





HELP Bill

 

[Bob Wagner]

there is a connection problem between smarty and your obd port. try some dialectric grease or putting pressure in the connection.



I've noticed that it worked fine before.

 

[BILLVO]

I tried to put a bit of pressure on it several different ways but no change I put die electric grease in it I had some and worked it in and tried it several times and same problem.

 

[Bob Wagner]

make sure that all high draw voltage items are turned off

 

[BILLVO]

All but the dome light are off except preheater do I need to pull the relay?

 

[Bob Wagner]

NO reason too

 

[BILLVO]

Thanks for trying to help Bob,You have a PM and an e-mail.



Hooray for AAA+ got my pickup in my own shop about 2. 5 hours after it went down.



Now for the hurry up & wait part :{

 

[RobertP]

it was my understanding that the smarty had a recovery program built in for that exact reason. you might want to see if you have the latest software on the smarty.



another option is to unhook both batteries for a minute or 2 and the try again.

 

[BILLVO]

I have unhooked the batteries already it didn't help. It is a brand new smarty just got it from II last week. It tries to go through its recovery process but it still comes up with the



ERR COMM / TIME OUT message.



sometimes it goes directly to that screen and sometimes it will acknowledge that a download was interupted and tries to recover then goes back to err.

 

[BILLVO]

Thanks to the prompt help on this trouble by both Bob Wagner and Marco together we found that my engine Ecm has decided to take an early retirement.

 

[blacksheep4x4]

Thanks to the prompt help on this trouble by both Bob Wagner and Marco together we found that my engine Ecm has decided to take an early retirement.

Did you find out what caused the early retirement

 

[BILLVO]

Here is the response from Marco earlier today on that question.



"Bob has an ECM that matches your truck perfectly



What happened to you is in all honesty an ECM problem.

Some part of it has let go during the update.



It depends a little from where we look at it.

Most likely the memory chip let go. I've seen that before.

Now, that happened during the update of the ECM. During

the update the memory chip get's erased and then written.

A chip that's marginal will most likely die when it's "stressed"

most. The erase / write cycle. See where I come from?



It's also likely that the codes you've been seeing have been

caused by the ECM that already had problems. Seen also

that one more than enough times back then when we were

doing the CaTCHER ECM's... . "



Marco

 

[JCasper]

Here is the response from Marco earlier today on that question.



"Bob has an ECM that matches your truck perfectly



What happened to you is in all honesty an ECM problem.

Some part of it has let go during the update.



It depends a little from where we look at it.

Most likely the memory chip let go. I've seen that before.

Now, that happened during the update of the ECM. During

the update the memory chip get's erased and then written.

A chip that's marginal will most likely die when it's "stressed"

most. The erase / write cycle. See where I come from?



It's also likely that the codes you've been seeing have been

caused by the ECM that already had problems. Seen also

that one more than enough times back then when we were

doing the CaTCHER ECM's... . "



Marco

Is Marco going to help you out with a new ECM?

 

[BILLVO]

Bob Wagner ups reded one my way this morning. It was on them.

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

EXCELLENT customer service strikes again! :-laf

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

... now Bob, about that spare ECM for my truck WE had discussed earlier...

 

[BILLVO]

EXCELLENT customer service strikes again! :-laf

That was some of the best I've had. I know where your comin from here.



lol by the way gary, why do you need to be greedy and hoard a "spare" one. There might be some one really in need like me today .

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

That was some of the best I've had. I know where your comin from here.



lol by the way gary, why do you need to be greedy and hoard a "spare" one. There might be some one really in need like me today .

WELLL - ya never know - Bob and Marco just MIGHT be on vacation next time you or someone else needs one... :-laf :-laf



NAH, I tend to mistrust these electronic engine controls - as you can see by my user name, I'm a Ham Radio operator, and perhaps slightly more familiar with the foibles of complex electronic devices - and I hate the prospect of a 5 cent Taiwan-made resistor failure leaving me stranded in some remote area.



I also plan on keeping my '02 for a long time, so slowly try to accumulate some of the more critical items that make it tick - besides, I figure that if I can obtain them at reasonable cost, they will hold their value, sorta like money in the bank...

 

[BILLVO]

I hear ya. I'm the same way with some things.

 

[JCasper]

Bob Wagner ups reded one my way this morning. It was on them.

That is great to here. I am going to be getting one for my 04. 5 in the next few months.