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      08-20-2019, 02:52 PM   #1
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Can't Find DME

So I had my car towed into the dealer due to what I thought was a dead battery.

So today I talked to the service advisor and he said they can't even find the main computer from the DME and they don't know why.

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MMT is right, and I really think you need find a new garage.
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Its at the dealer of all places.
And they still haven't called me back so not sure they figured it out yet.
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Its at the dealer of all places.
And they still haven't called me back so not sure they figured it out yet.
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Dealer claims the checked everything obvious and still the DMA can't read what's going on.

This is a nightmare.
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Well, they finally figured it out and the answer is...
It needed an entire new main computer module.
Basically it needed a new DME.

But the good news?
Somehow they covered it under some unknown to me extended warranty on the part.
I didn’t ask a lot of questions since they didn’t even charge me the 3 hours of diagnosis time.

They also replaced the battery as it was 7.5 years old. $450 out of my pocket including coding.

I only drove it home from the dealer for 10 minutes but it seemed ok so far.
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ejm3 The coil drivers(MOSFETs) in the DME can go out over time or with high power coil packs. Do you have aftermarket coil packs ?





The DME is located in the engine compartment up by the fire wall... (this is a really bad video but its all I found on YT that showed the location)...



IF you have a JB3/4 piggy back... a scan tool won't be able to read the DME unless the JB has been put into map zero. Just FYI.
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I’ve owned it since new and my car is exactly the way it came out of factory.
Never modded.
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