I bet someone had to admit destroying a module and was possibly going to get fired so they had to cover it up and needed time. $tealer. Would still like to know who these people are.

 

How can a botched key programming fry an ECU?

 

Yes, again, me too.

Please post up the service center you brought it to!

 

LOL

Drive it like the "Duke Boys" at the ending credits of the Dukes of Hazard...

Like EVERYWHERE!


j/k

 

i would guess its like updating a phones os or pc bios. if in the middle of the process something happens ie disconnect, interrupt in power you end up with a brick phone or pc wont boot. and all you can do is replace it. i probably wouldnt consider the ecu "fried". jus unresponsive now

 

^^Time to jtag the ECU!

I work with cell phones all the time. Depending when the update fails, most times it's recoverable. If it's flashing the bootloader or baseband, good luck. Failures during flashing one of these usually ends up bricking the device. On the PC side, some mfg's even have dual bioses (gigabyte). If flashing of one fails, there's a back up!

No doubt this tech will follow directions more closely in the future.

 

Exactly.

 

i programmed additional key's to both my g37 using a chinese clone consult 3 interface and windows XP.
The process was very easy:
Read the pin, calculate the access pin to NATS, enter the pin on consult 3 software and start programming.
I had to reprogram all keys, even the old ones since the NATS reset when programming keys.

The whole process (programming 3 keys on each car) toke less than 10 minutes for each car.
No flashing, no drama.
Just fallow the instructions from service manual and consult 3 software.

I still don't understand how they fry the ECU on the process... the ECU has nothing to do with the keys. The BCM manage they keys and give the "OK to go" signal to ECU to start the engine when requested.
Maybe they tried to do some "extra" jobs on your car and that's how they managed to damage the ECU. Like some ECU update that i understand you didn't requested anyway...

 

That is exactly what I mentioned in the beginning of this thread that it was actually the BCM that gets programmed ....

So how they broke the ECU is really a good questions. And maybe the OP should ask the dealer what exactly they did to his car?

 

It is very possible they tried to update the ECU in the process (or the software did). Or perhaps the operator just had no idea what they were doing...

 

No idea wat they did. Everything I mentioned is wat the service guy told me. I can really only go by wat they tell me. I'll never kno exactly wat happened. So long it gets fixed on their tab that's all I really Care about. But still no car. Idk wats taking so long.

 

What?■■■

 

My engrish no goot?

 

finally got the call ive waited 2 weeks for. my cars finally ready!!!

 

That is 12 days longer than it should have! What did they give you to drive? I hope you spill the beans on who did this to you.