Does anyone here know if the '04 Toyotas have OBD IV in them? I had some exhaust work done yesterday and the mechanic was telling me some disturbing stuff about it....if it's real! Things like the ECU stores the vehicles milage, no matter what the ODO says....that if you drive over 100MPH for more than a couple of minutes the OBD can alert "someone" (Cops) and a couple other things, GPS type info related......He was probably just pulling my leg, but I just thought I'd see if any of this is true or just BS.
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TheGryme Ummmm Beer Good.....Whiskey Better!
'04 Tundra DC
Grey....V8 SR5 4X4 TRD Off Road Suspension, LSD, Towing Package, Toyo Open Country A/T 265 75 16 ~ 8 Ply's, Magnaflowed (w/ Secret AirBox Mods!), UNIChipped, True~Flowed, DeBadged, ScanGaged, XM'ed.....Yeah!
'92 4Runner
Black, V6, Downey / Rancho suspension F&R, 3 inch sus lift, 1 inch body lift, SAW T-Barz, 4:88's, ARB (rear), 32X12.50 BS Dualers on AR 8X15 Wheelz, Power Slots and Pads, Downey headers, MagnaFlo Muff, K&N FIPK, Ported heads, 1 piece stainless valves...way too much money in it!
'04 YZ250F
Dr.D Header and Can, JD Jetting, P38 AP, UNI Flame Proof Air Filter, No Back Fire Screen, Carbon Fiber Carb Heat Shield, Renthals, ASV Controls....
'87 Nissan Pathfinder......gone but not forgotten.
I think he's smoking something or reading sci fi stuff at night. Some of the newer ECU's can record historical data like speed, braking, impact G force plus some other stuff related to precrash information. To date I'm not aware of anyone that has the ability to remotely transmit that information to another agency. The data they seem to collect is minutely compared to the black box in airplanes. There have been several lawsuits where car rental agencies have read with a OBD scanner the history of their vehicles upon return and tried to add extra charges for speeding or in the case of vehicle GPS history for traveling outside the boundary of the rental agreement. So far the rental agencies have lost their cases and in several states been fined for their intrusion. Auto Week magazine has several articles related to this.
Larry
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2004 Tundra V8 Limited Access Cab 4X4, Michelin 265/65/R17 LTX-AT2's, Auto Dim Comp/Temp Mirror, Aero Turbine #2525 muffler, Access Roll Up Cover, Optima D31A battery, Multi-Vex adaptive outside mirrors, Eclipse AVN5510 Nav unit and Sirius SIR-ECL1 tuner, as of 10/07 pictures in my photo gallery
If a combo of all these whizz bangs met their claims you'd have to siphon gas out of your tank every second day and sell the excess horsepower on the third????
If your engine doesn't consume ANY oil it will seize???
Some people should not be allowed access to tools without books!!!
Yeah....the guy that did my exhaust work has been known to party like a wild man once in a while.....
And I think I read about that lawsuit regarding rental places checking the rental cars GPS unit to see if it was taken outta state, etc.
I'd really hate owning anything that could concievably "snitch" on me via memory or up-link. And I think a passive unadvertised "feature" that would do these type of things might be challenged rather quickly in US Courts.
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TheGryme Ummmm Beer Good.....Whiskey Better!
'04 Tundra DC
Grey....V8 SR5 4X4 TRD Off Road Suspension, LSD, Towing Package, Toyo Open Country A/T 265 75 16 ~ 8 Ply's, Magnaflowed (w/ Secret AirBox Mods!), UNIChipped, True~Flowed, DeBadged, ScanGaged, XM'ed.....Yeah!
'92 4Runner
Black, V6, Downey / Rancho suspension F&R, 3 inch sus lift, 1 inch body lift, SAW T-Barz, 4:88's, ARB (rear), 32X12.50 BS Dualers on AR 8X15 Wheelz, Power Slots and Pads, Downey headers, MagnaFlo Muff, K&N FIPK, Ported heads, 1 piece stainless valves...way too much money in it!
'04 YZ250F
Dr.D Header and Can, JD Jetting, P38 AP, UNI Flame Proof Air Filter, No Back Fire Screen, Carbon Fiber Carb Heat Shield, Renthals, ASV Controls....
'87 Nissan Pathfinder......gone but not forgotten.
OBD IV Question?
Things like the ECU stores the vehicles milage, no matter what the ODO says....that if you drive over 100MPH for more than a couple of minutes the OBD can alert "someone" (Cops) and a couple other things, GPS type info related......He was probably just pulling my leg, but I just thought I'd see if any of this is true or just BS.
Ummmm Beer Good.....Whiskey Better!
Yup.....that's kinda what I thought!
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