Warning popped out of nowhere....

pfft, who needs brakes.
Isn't that what other cars are for?

 

If this were true, you couldn't safely ever change the battery. Note that he said ignition switch to "on", wait a few seconds, then back to "off" BEFORE reconnecting the battery. That won't hurt a thing. Some cars like Jags and such have problems and often require a dealer reset after replacing the battery, because the voltage fluctuation convinces the computer someone is trying to steal the car... But not a Toyota.

 

^^ Good advice, while I'm not saying this will actually happen every time without fail, why take a chance. But unfortunately many ppl don't have an appreciation for others experiences. In today's auto electronic components, one has to be extremely careful and better to err on the side of caution as the chit costs too much. I've even heard something as benign as charging you battery with it connected to the vehicle can be hard on some components. I do charge mine once a month, but only at trickle charge, anything past that I'm disconnecting. But that's just me.

I'm definitely in the wrong industry! :/

OP as others have said, take your vehicle to the dealer, it maybe something simple, or some loose connector on an abs sensor, but why disconnect the battery and erase the fault code until they can figure out what it is eh?

Cheers!

 

Yes I misunderstood what he said. However with a push button you can't turn the ignition on after the battery has been disconnected. To clear any static voltage you simply take the positive battery terminal when disconnected and touch it to a ground wire or point.

 

Awesome your just a jack of all traits aren't you? LoL had to go re - read you previous post, guess I need to slow it down lol. We know what happens when we don't lol Adios thread lol. We need to make a Joe and Enigma general BS thread so wee stop hijacking others thread lol

 

meh, I'll do any concrete, drywall, tiling and framing.
I don't touch plumbing lol, and I'm a licensed electrician.

But yep we definitely need one, and one where we can go when we're drunk hahaha

 

You can turn on lights, as an alternative. Anything to connect a load between + and -. And there is probably enough parasitic drain that just disconnecting the battery and waiting for 5 minutes will find any possible residual capacitance dissipated.. I would assume a pushbutton STILL has some sort of ignition "off" mechanism otherwise I would NOT want to be in a wreck in such a vehicle...

 

Yes the vehicle will not have much of a parasitic drain. Just by sending ground to the positive battery terminal when disconnect from the battery will dissipate any residual voltage or capicity in any of the computers. Of course the push button can turn the ignition off when the vehicle is on. In some cases you may have to hold the switch in for several seconds to kill it. I'm talking about when the battery is disconnect. The push button will not power any circuits. The ECU controls the ignition feed. It's not powered through the push button switch.

 

Have you done any suspension mods or anything that could mess up the alignment? Anything else you may have done to the truck recently?

 

And... Good God, some the suggestions in this thread?

I'm just...

I'll say...

No, forget it. It's pointless.

 

Car is 100% stock no mods yet....

 

Yep, sounds like a problem for the dealer to sort out. Sorry you have to deal with it.

 

Thanks for the replies ppl, i just created the thread to keep you guys posted as to what is going on and what will be done afterwards, lets see what the dealer says

 

I got lost in all the BS, but you do know you can start a vehicle, pull the battery out and still have the vehicle running. Amazing how it works. Its called an alternator.

 

Got a call from the dealer.... from what they told me a simple disconnect the battery would had not fix the problem, since it had a ball joint loose....(we'll see what the report says) they also did the tsb for the control arms and gave me a courtesy vehicle free of charge, i dont see how that hurts but oh well.... to each his own, however thanks for everyone's advice!!

 

The stealer is right, I never have seen or heard a " ball joint loose...." could cause any light to come on. And of course this may mean you have other problems. Hope they fix you up!

Cheers!

 

You just burned out my bullshit detector. There is NO code stored for ball joint failure. Why? There are NO sensors on the ball joint to detect such a failure. This one is pure bullshit. Some dealerships can only produce that product it seems...

 

Thats exactly what im thinking, it is why i said lets see what the report says....

 

I created the thread to keep you guys posted, no reason to be all defensive about it..... thanks in advance for any advice that helps truly appreciate it but i would like to be helpful in case this happens to someone else in the forum, which under my understanding is what we are all here for....?

 

You are right. This is exactly what could happen with ground loops with poorly designed electronics. Hopefully Toyota is aware of 1980's technology like ESD and surge protection. It costs pennies.