10-16-2006, 09:47 PM
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Ecu?
Damn I miss my BMW! it was so easy to work with~ Anyway, where is the ECU located on a 2001 Boxster S?
Thanks!
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10-16-2006, 10:11 PM
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In the rear trunk.
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10-17-2006, 08:12 PM
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Where? I was told it was under the drivers seat???  
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10-17-2006, 09:06 PM
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Behind the carpet. This is mine when it was replaced last year.
There is a control unit under the driver's seat but that is for something else.
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10-17-2006, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Tool Pants
Behind the carpet. This is mine when it was replaced last year.
There is a control unit under the driver's seat but that is for something else.
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Hi,
TP, you had to replace it? What did that set you back?...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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10-17-2006, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by MNBoxster
TP, you had to replace it?
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What could cause one to replace their ECU besides water leaking into the computer?
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-01' S Orient Red Metallic 6-spd...money pit...sold to buy a house 
Last edited by blinkwatt; 10-17-2006 at 11:37 PM.
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10-18-2006, 12:03 AM
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It would have been about $2,000 but I did not pay for it.
It was smog time in March 2005 and I could not go on the machine because of the check engine light. Gone through this before, every 2 years, ever since I bought the car.
But this time I had 6 fault codes. The big one was 1689 - faulty DME and the only cure is to replace it. Until the DME is replaced you do not know if the other 5 are false faults.
When my car was sold in March 1997 the California emission warranty was 7 years. It is right in the warranty booklet - 7 years/70,000 miles. So I was past that.
The shop foreman is a friend and he said the California warranty was 8 years. My car was a few days shy of being 8 years old. So I got a free replacement DME. Never bothered to check if the newer cars had a longer warranty or how it could be retroactive to my 1997, as I think I got a favor.
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10-18-2006, 01:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Tool Pants
Never bothered to check if the newer cars had a longer warranty or how it could be retroactive to my 1997, as I think I got a favor.
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I thought in my manual that it stated emissions warranty to be 10 years/100,000? Well at least thats what I thought I read on my 99' manual.
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-99' Zenith Blue 5-spd...didn't agree with a center divider on the freeway
-01' S Orient Red Metallic 6-spd...money pit...sold to buy a house
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10-18-2006, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Tool Pants
It would have been about $2,000 but I did not pay for it.
It was smog time in March 2005 and I could not go on the machine because of the check engine light. Gone through this before, every 2 years, ever since I bought the car.
But this time I had 6 fault codes. The big one was 1689 - faulty DME and the only cure is to replace it. Until the DME is replaced you do not know if the other 5 are false faults.
When my car was sold in March 1997 the California emission warranty was 7 years. It is right in the warranty booklet - 7 years/70,000 miles. So I was past that.
The shop foreman is a friend and he said the California warranty was 8 years. My car was a few days shy of being 8 years old. So I got a free replacement DME. Never bothered to check if the newer cars had a longer warranty or how it could be retroactive to my 1997, as I think I got a favor.
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Hi,
$2000?? YIKES! Glad you didn't have to pay for it. I think I'm gonna go and give my DME a hug - don't want it think it's unloved! Thanks for the info...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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10-18-2006, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by blinkwatt
I thought in my manual that it stated emissions warranty to be 10 years/100,000? Well at least thats what I thought I read on my 99' manual.
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Rather than thinking, read your warranty booklet. On mine 1997 it says 10 years for the corrosion warranty. Rust.
Has nothig to do with the subject; Federal and State emission warranty.
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10-25-2006, 07:13 AM
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speaking of ECU
what aftermarket ECU is available for a good reasonable price?
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