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Technical articles about cars.
A recent report of an audacious cyber attack on thousands of vehicles has crudely highlighted the vulnerability of increasingly automated and connected cars. Using GPS trackers, the cyber-intruder was able to track vehicles in commercial fleets...
If you drive a car or truck, you have access to your OBD port – an “On Board Diagnostic” component built into your vehicle. In order to connect to the valuable data that can help you...
Is your car up to driving this winter? Cold temperatures, poor visibility, and adverse weather conditions often make driving uncomfortable, not to mention dangerous. Every year, 24% of weather-related vehicle crashes in the US occur on...
While this article goes to the 2001-2005 Toyota Rav4 models, it also applies to other Toyota models and to Rav4 models of other years of manufacture too. In the 2001-2005 Toyota Rav4 models, the most common...
Everybody knows the importance of being safe on the road, but not all drivers are equipped with the proper precautionary steps needed to ensure their cars are safe. In fact, recent surveys from the National Motor...
Everybody desires to have a car of their own. The necessity of having a car is not a lesser known fact. These days cars play a vital role in everyone’s life. On average, every household in...
Nowadays, modern cars come with many different accessories that in the past were not included or even possible. For example, GPS, Back view camera for when going in reverse, some come with integrated cooler/heaters, etc. Some...
I will start by saying “Don’t let this deceiving small size jump starter fool you”. New times have come and new technology has arrived and when it comes to the automotive industry, it does not cease...
To ensure that your car sells quickly and that you don’t end up with an angry buyer who wants his or her money back after the sale, you should check over the components of your vehicle...
This article was made because we have had customers that ordered a performance chip for their 1993, 1994 or 1995 BMW 325i/525i, and after installing the chip they have accidentally touched the positive terminal of the...
The immobilizer system, also known just as “immo”, is an automotive security system integrated into many vehicles since the 1980s and it has become more sophisticated with the years. It is installed in some 2001, 2002...
This is how a simple situation was causing a car to completely stall at intermittent times with no apparent cause. This could happen to any car, though actual technology has already corrected this bug in engine...
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by zilog357 · Published September 27, 2010 · Last modified February 18, 2019
When you replace your 2001, 2002 or 2003 Toyota RAV4 ECM (engine computer) with a used or recycled unit, if your vehicle is equipped with an immobilizer system, which is an anti-theft security system, you must...
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by zilog357 · Published September 27, 2010 · Last modified February 18, 2019
Sometimes when working with immobilizer EEPROMs, the ideal way of programming the EEPROM is by doing it while it is in the circuit, as removing it, programming and resoldering it back to the circuit, add a...
If you own a Toyota Rav4 from 2001 through 2005 with automatic transmission and you are experiencing problems with the transmission, like harsh shifting, loss of power, launching on third gear and/or slamming into gear when...
Sometimes we experience an annoying hesitation or stalling when we are cruising in our cars and decide to accelerate either slightly or harder. There could be many different causes for your car to hesitate when accelerating,...
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by zilog357 · Published February 6, 2010 · Last modified February 18, 2019
This covers installing a chip in the 1992-1995 Honda JDM ECUs, “P72”, “P30” and “P08”. Installing a performance chip on 1992-1995 Honda JDM computers uses the same method as described on other posts on this website...
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by zilog357 · Published February 6, 2010 · Last modified February 18, 2019
This is for the following Honda ECM computers: PM6, PW0, PR3 (OBD-0) and PR4 (OBD-0). Installing a performance chip on 1988 -1991 Honda Civic / CRX is a simple procedure that consists of removing (desoldering) the...
When installing a performance chip in cars that use an ignition distributor, since the chip program is based on stock settings, it is required that the ignition distributor is at the stock advance setting. Many times,...
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by zilog357 · Published February 2, 2010 · Last modified February 18, 2019
This applies to the following Honda ECM computers: P0A, P0B, P0C, P0H (OBD-I), P11, P12, P13, and P14. Installing a performance chip on 1993-1995 Honda Prelude and 1994-1995 Honda Accord is a simple procedure that consists...
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