immobiliser reset? new battery, now wont start - Page 2

Frogdude · 12-06-2012, 06:25 PM

OK, it wasn't a fuse or relay - definitely the immobiliser. Luckily a mate put me in touch with an auto electrician who removed the system for £60 (inc call out). Not too bad overall, but an expensive battery!

Still, a lesson learned and all that.... Hopefully someone will read this and avoid the same mistake. In future i'll always hook up a temporary power supply when changing a battery.

Thanks to all who offered advice.

Ken Allistone · 12-07-2012, 12:21 PM

Thanks Frogdude, always good to hear a solution has been found. I am thinking your immobiliser is different to the later one's either that or it went bad on you as I know several other 98/99 UK Rav owners who have also removed battery and ECU without a hitch. Glad you are ok now anyway!

Reg_philbert@yahoo.com · 04-05-2013, 09:01 AM

Can't get my rav4 to fire , spark ok fuel ok timing ok what should I do next

hd72m · 04-05-2013, 01:10 PM

Try some starting fluid in throttlebody but be careful,if it trys or starts you know it is fuel related.
Did it just die,start missing?
Any work done on it lately?
If it will not start how do you know timing is ok?

12-06-2012, 06:25 PM	#11 (permalink)
Frogdude Junior Member Country: Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 5 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Feedback Score: 0 reviews	OK, it wasn't a fuse or relay - definitely the immobiliser. Luckily a mate put me in touch with an auto electrician who removed the system for £60 (inc call out). Not too bad overall, but an expensive battery! Still, a lesson learned and all that.... Hopefully someone will read this and avoid the same mistake. In future i'll always hook up a temporary power supply when changing a battery. Thanks to all who offered advice.

12-07-2012, 12:21 PM	#12 (permalink)
Ken Allistone Member Country: Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 176 Thanks: 8 Thanked 24 Times in 24 Posts Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Thanks Frogdude, always good to hear a solution has been found. I am thinking your immobiliser is different to the later one's either that or it went bad on you as I know several other 98/99 UK Rav owners who have also removed battery and ECU without a hitch. Glad you are ok now anyway!

04-05-2013, 09:01 AM	#13 (permalink)
Reg_philbert@yahoo.com Junior Member Country: Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: London Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Can't get my rav4 to fire , spark ok fuel ok timing ok what should I do next

04-05-2013, 01:10 PM	#14 (permalink)
hd72m Advanced Member Country: Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mt. Airy, North Carolina Posts: 1,598 Thanks: 20 Thanked 67 Times in 60 Posts Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Try some starting fluid in throttlebody but be careful,if it trys or starts you know it is fuel related. Did it just die,start missing? Any work done on it lately? If it will not start how do you know timing is ok?

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