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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 10:49 AM
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I have a 93 TA and having trouble with reading the ecm I connect the code reader and can't comuicate with the ecm. Could it be the hypertech chip or just a bad wire
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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 10:52 AM
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i had that problem once in my pontiac cuz the fuse was bad for the cig lighter. my code reader got its power from the cig lighter.
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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 02:26 PM
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no my code reader has battery for it so tha t is not it
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check the fuse
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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 11:48 PM
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Did you try just jumping the terminals on the obdI port and waiting for the SES to flash the codes?
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