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Ok...hopefully the wisdom of this board can help me. I have a 2001 esprit now for about 6 years or so. When I first got it, I had to reset all the inspection monitors and could not get some of them to reset. No matter how I tried driving it
Found out that Lotus had upgraded the firmware to correct this. Sent the ECU out and got the firmware uploaded
No problems in getting the inspection monitors to set and I (mostly) did not have any problems getting New York state to read the ecu over the years (5+) Occasionally, it took a couple of times to read at the inspection station...but it always did read
Had the car off for the winter and battery disconnected. Hooked the battery up this spring and started the car (no problem). However, a couple of days latter the battery was down and would not turn over. Hooked the battery charger back up for 24 hrs and no problem starting
Used my scanner and checked for codes (none). All inspection monitors were set and green. Went to the NYState inspection station and they hooked it up to their computer. It showed it had a valid connection on the screen. However, it was not able to retrieve anything from the ECU. The station had a hand held scanner and he also saw the inspection monitors were all set and no DTC
So tried another station. Same results
Any thoughts on what to look for?
I'm puzzled as my code scanner shows no problem....so I'm scratching my head on where to start
thanks
dean
Found out that Lotus had upgraded the firmware to correct this. Sent the ECU out and got the firmware uploaded
No problems in getting the inspection monitors to set and I (mostly) did not have any problems getting New York state to read the ecu over the years (5+) Occasionally, it took a couple of times to read at the inspection station...but it always did read
Had the car off for the winter and battery disconnected. Hooked the battery up this spring and started the car (no problem). However, a couple of days latter the battery was down and would not turn over. Hooked the battery charger back up for 24 hrs and no problem starting
Used my scanner and checked for codes (none). All inspection monitors were set and green. Went to the NYState inspection station and they hooked it up to their computer. It showed it had a valid connection on the screen. However, it was not able to retrieve anything from the ECU. The station had a hand held scanner and he also saw the inspection monitors were all set and no DTC
So tried another station. Same results
Any thoughts on what to look for?
I'm puzzled as my code scanner shows no problem....so I'm scratching my head on where to start
thanks
dean