new370 Member 57 Member For: 17y 1m 27d Gender: Male Posted 26/05/12 05:29 AM Share Posted 26/05/12 05:29 AM Hi forum members,I have an xr6t with just over 100k km on clock. it hasnt been driven for 2 years, only started and moved a couple of times in the 2 years. The last start was about 7 months ago. When I went to put it back on the road last week, it wouldnt start. The symptoms were no power getting to the fuel pump (as you can usually hear it prime up), and also the radio wont work, nor the interior fan and electric seat doesnt move. The icc displayed graphics but didnt show any change when a/c or audio buttons pressed. Lastly, the trip meter display shows normal odometer but things like km/l and range have reset to zero. Horn dead. All these things were operating normally before.So, we painfully traced the wiring loom from the engine bay fuse box back across the radiator to the passengers side, thru the inner guard to where it re-enters the engine bay at the passengers side rear corner near the ABScontroller. We found that a rat had chewed the wiring loom and munched out the brown wire which sends signal from the ecu back to the fuse box. We repaired that and any other wire which looked at all imperfect, then reassembled. Car starts!!!BUT, the audio is still whacked up. Same faults except we now find that holding down 2 or3 radio buttons at the same time will make the radio sorta work, but its really odd. Touching the AC button changes stations, CD FM and AM indicators are all on at the same time, fan only blows on low speed. Touching various radio/climate buttons brings all sots of strange markings onto the screen (mono). It does weird computer kinda strange things. Horn dead, seat dead. Numbers are back on the trip meter for range etc. There appears an "E" in the right top of icc.This will test you. Appreciate any ideasthanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new370 Member 57 Member For: 17y 1m 27d Gender: Male Posted 26/05/12 05:33 AM Author Share Posted 26/05/12 05:33 AM sorry the pic is upside down, but you can see the strange problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 5m 18d Gender: Male Posted 26/05/12 05:48 AM Share Posted 26/05/12 05:48 AM What else has the rat chewed? Lol..... Checked all basics like fuses etc? Any way water couldve gotten into the car? Check connections at both front kickpanel boxes and behind fusebox etc pull the icc out and clean its connector and bem connectors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new370 Member 57 Member For: 17y 1m 27d Gender: Male Posted 26/05/12 05:53 AM Author Share Posted 26/05/12 05:53 AM Thanks for replying.... there is no evidence the little rodent was inside the cabin, only under the bonnet. There is no smell or droppings etc. Car is spotless inside. Car is dry inside but it was in a moist environment.I think if there was a fuse blown the fault would be not working at all rather than doing bizarre things. maybe there is a reset for the radio or icc/bem etc.cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 7m 19d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 26/05/12 05:58 AM Share Posted 26/05/12 05:58 AM I was honestly thinkin "has this guy checked the battery.." as I was reading this. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 2m Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 26/05/12 06:07 AM Share Posted 26/05/12 06:07 AM Wonder if a wire somewhere further up the line has fused or burnt out given that the wire you mentioned has been chewed causing short further up the line.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 5m 18d Gender: Male Posted 26/05/12 06:11 AM Share Posted 26/05/12 06:11 AM Yeh id still be checking all the basics first like battery and fuses.... You said the horn and seat dont work at all could be a fuse issue... Icc can be reset by pulling the icc battery fuse or disconnecting battery for 10 min Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 16y 1m 23d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 26/05/12 06:12 AM Share Posted 26/05/12 06:12 AM You would probably need to replace the exterior looms to fix everything and not have any issues down the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenier Donating Members 1,736 Member For: 14y 11m 27d Gender: Male Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posted 26/05/12 09:48 AM Share Posted 26/05/12 09:48 AM Blowing fuses on these things can bring on odd situations with the icc. I found when the reverse lamp fuse blew in my ute it knocked out all my air con on the icc also. As above battery first and check over interior wiring etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new370 Member 57 Member For: 17y 1m 27d Gender: Male Posted 26/05/12 10:46 AM Author Share Posted 26/05/12 10:46 AM I was honestly thinkin "has this guy checked the battery.." as I was reading this. lolthanks, ive ruled out battery by using a donor battery on jumper leads. I have a feeling there may be some type of memory preserving battery for keeping the data backed up...somewhere!Wonder if a wire somewhere further up the line has fused or burnt out given that the wire you mentioned has been chewed causing short further up the line....thanks, weve gone over the wiring very closely and checking it with meters and visual (the good thing is that before the wires get chewed, a lot of insulation needs to be chewed first which is fairly obvious to the eye. thanks for the good idea, I will check again with that in mind. im really feeling its a logic/computer type of fault. ive read on forums that there is also a switch in the kick panel somewhere to reset some logic circuits. will try to find that if anyone has any info on itthanksYeh id still be checking all the basics first like battery and fuses.... You said the horn and seat dont work at all could be a fuse issue... Icc can be reset by pulling the icc battery fuse or disconnecting battery for 10 minah thanks, that's the sort of thing I was wondering... resetting logic circuits. radio does turn on so I expect this isnt a power circuit problem, more a computer or logic type of prob. will give it a go thanksYou would probably need to replace the exterior looms to fix everything and not have any issues down the track.thanks, weve checked them thoroughly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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