Resetting ECU makes me happy :)
10-09-2009, 06:03 PM
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Three Wheelin'
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Resetting ECU makes me happy :)
everytime i resec my ecu with the 30 something seconds on the gas pedal method my car starts driving the way it should have all the time. Its so much more responsive and peppy and the shifts are much crispier. It feels like it wants to race that kinda feeling.
but somehow it always gets lazy on me, after a while driving the car which by that i mean days maybe weeks, i didnt really pay attention until recently it starts becoming sluggish with a big lag in response to my pressing on the gas pedal. It feels like as if i have to push the pedal more then i should just to keep it going. Now when i do reset the ecu its like i press 1/8th and zoom zoom.
I know the ecu adapts to ur driving style but i dont think thats my driving style i just like the car to accelerate efffortlessly.
is there a way to have the ecu not adapting.... im thinking to put a switch somewhere in the cabin to switch the fuse that holds the charge for the ecu.
so i could easily reset it everytime i feel the car got a little lazy..
i just wonder if there would be any consequences by doing that....
but somehow it always gets lazy on me, after a while driving the car which by that i mean days maybe weeks, i didnt really pay attention until recently it starts becoming sluggish with a big lag in response to my pressing on the gas pedal. It feels like as if i have to push the pedal more then i should just to keep it going. Now when i do reset the ecu its like i press 1/8th and zoom zoom.
I know the ecu adapts to ur driving style but i dont think thats my driving style i just like the car to accelerate efffortlessly.
is there a way to have the ecu not adapting.... im thinking to put a switch somewhere in the cabin to switch the fuse that holds the charge for the ecu.
so i could easily reset it everytime i feel the car got a little lazy..
i just wonder if there would be any consequences by doing that....
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10-10-2009, 01:43 AM
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Hi,
I got this from another forum and it works for a lot of people including me.
The Throttle is "Drive By Wire" and adapts to your particular driving
style. Do a TBA Throttle body adaptation.
1. Get in your car, it doesn't matter if you close the door or not.
2. Turn the key to the on (not start) position, the position just before the starter
turns over.
3. Press the gas pedal to the floor with the key in the "on" position.
4. Hold the pedal to the floor for five seconds, then turn the key back
to the "off" position (don't remove the key), then release the gas
pedal.
5. Wait 2 mins. for a full alignment.
6. Drive the car as you always do.
Depending on your driving style, this may or may not be a big factor. I do a lot of city driving so
I noticed a big change after erasing my history. It is not hard to do this, just follow the instructions -
Key on, pedal down, 5 sec, key off pedal up, wait 2
minutes.
Keep the key in for the entire thing.
Seems to work on mine.
Originally Posted by aty06tl
02-01-2007, 3:55 PM
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Hi,
I got this from another forum and it works for a lot of people including me.
The Throttle is "Drive By Wire" and adapts to your particular driving
style. Do a TBA Throttle body adaptation.
1. Get in your car, it doesn't matter if you close the door or not.
2. Turn the key to the on (not start) position, the position just before the starter
turns over.
3. Press the gas pedal to the floor with the key in the "on" position.
4. Hold the pedal to the floor for five seconds, then turn the key back
to the "off" position (don't remove the key), then release the gas
pedal.
5. Wait 2 mins. for a full alignment.
6. Drive the car as you always do.
Depending on your driving style, this may or may not be a big factor. I do a lot of city driving so
I noticed a big change after erasing my history. It is not hard to do this, just follow the instructions -
Key on, pedal down, 5 sec, key off pedal up, wait 2
minutes.
Keep the key in for the entire thing.
Seems to work on mine.
10-09-2009, 06:22 PM
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I agree with you. The way it runs when it's reset is night and day difference. Apparently the ecu thinks i drive like a grandma. I hope there is a way to bypass this.
10-09-2009, 06:30 PM
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The reason is that your car creates kind of a memory of your driving. If you reset the ECU and drive hard all the time is good, but if you take traffic and drive on areas where you have to change your habit, it will create that memory on the ECU.
10-09-2009, 07:33 PM
#7
Three Wheelin'
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turn the key to the second position make sure everything is off like radio ac and so on... take it out put it back in and then again to the second position and press the gas pedal for like 30 seconds... i do it for a minute just to make sure. Then simply turn of take the key out put it in and turn the car on and there you go
im sure i put couple of extra steps that maybe are not needed but im just making sure i do it right
works everytime
and there you goim sure i put couple of extra steps that maybe are not needed but im just making sure i do it right
works everytime
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10-09-2009, 07:52 PM
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turn the key to the second position make sure everything is off like radio ac and so on... take it out put it back in and then again to the second position and press the gas pedal for like 30 seconds... i do it for a minute just to make sure. Then simply turn of take the key out put it in and turn the car on and there you go
im sure i put couple of extra steps that maybe are not needed but im just making sure i do it right
works everytime
and there you goim sure i put couple of extra steps that maybe are not needed but im just making sure i do it right
works everytime
10-09-2009, 09:56 PM
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turn the key to the second position make sure everything is off like radio ac and so on... take it out put it back in and then again to the second position and press the gas pedal for like 30 seconds... i do it for a minute just to make sure. Then simply turn of take the key out put it in and turn the car on and there you go
im sure i put couple of extra steps that maybe are not needed but im just making sure i do it right
works everytime
and there you goim sure i put couple of extra steps that maybe are not needed but im just making sure i do it right
works everytime
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10-09-2009, 11:56 PM
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if you unhook the battery then you gotta wait for about 15 minutes and then after that the ecu needs to go trough a idle relearn process which then takes some more minutes.
the gas pedal method has been confirmed many times here on acurazine...
the gas pedal method has been confirmed many times here on acurazine...
10-09-2009, 11:56 PM
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10-10-2009, 01:43 AM
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Hi,
I got this from another forum and it works for a lot of people including me.
The Throttle is "Drive By Wire" and adapts to your particular driving
style. Do a TBA Throttle body adaptation.
1. Get in your car, it doesn't matter if you close the door or not.
2. Turn the key to the on (not start) position, the position just before the starter
turns over.
3. Press the gas pedal to the floor with the key in the "on" position.
4. Hold the pedal to the floor for five seconds, then turn the key back
to the "off" position (don't remove the key), then release the gas
pedal.
5. Wait 2 mins. for a full alignment.
6. Drive the car as you always do.
Depending on your driving style, this may or may not be a big factor. I do a lot of city driving so
I noticed a big change after erasing my history. It is not hard to do this, just follow the instructions -
Key on, pedal down, 5 sec, key off pedal up, wait 2
minutes.
Keep the key in for the entire thing.
Seems to work on mine.
Originally Posted by aty06tl
02-01-2007, 3:55 PM
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Hi,
I got this from another forum and it works for a lot of people including me.
The Throttle is "Drive By Wire" and adapts to your particular driving
style. Do a TBA Throttle body adaptation.
1. Get in your car, it doesn't matter if you close the door or not.
2. Turn the key to the on (not start) position, the position just before the starter
turns over.
3. Press the gas pedal to the floor with the key in the "on" position.
4. Hold the pedal to the floor for five seconds, then turn the key back
to the "off" position (don't remove the key), then release the gas
pedal.
5. Wait 2 mins. for a full alignment.
6. Drive the car as you always do.
Depending on your driving style, this may or may not be a big factor. I do a lot of city driving so
I noticed a big change after erasing my history. It is not hard to do this, just follow the instructions -
Key on, pedal down, 5 sec, key off pedal up, wait 2
minutes.
Keep the key in for the entire thing.
Seems to work on mine.
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10-10-2009, 01:52 PM
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What JTS said and most newer fuel injected cars have flood mode prevention when you have your foot WOT trying to crank the car so you dont flood the engine (forgot the terminology for this maybe it was anti flood mode?). It also cuts fuel at times lol so stepping on a pedal trying to crank a fuel injected car doesnt work.
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10-10-2009, 07:05 PM
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wow...thank you for the information, i will give this ecu reset a try.
just fyi, how do you guys know this? manual? guess work? mechanic?
and there seems to be 2 methods on this forum alone. can someone confirm they both work and are doing the same exact thing?
just fyi, how do you guys know this? manual? guess work? mechanic?
and there seems to be 2 methods on this forum alone. can someone confirm they both work and are doing the same exact thing?
10-10-2009, 08:40 PM
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10-10-2009, 10:10 PM
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Having just installed the ATLP exhaust last night, before I went to work today (highway driving) I reset the ECU with this method. I drove it like a mad man on the highway, and from what I could tell, there was much greater response. I believe this worked, I just hope any local driving doesn't put it back into grandma mode.
10-10-2009, 10:49 PM
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I say you guys are smoking some crack lol :-) I did the ECU reset on my 07 Type S before I left work tonight and noticed no difference. I even tried both methods mentioned above exactly as they were described. Shifting was exact same and throttle response felt the same. Acceleration felt good but thats probably because it was only 34 degrees driving home. Maybe this only works on the older TL's who knows. I think this is one of those things where your mind was playing tricks on you and making you want to believe it made a difference.
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10-11-2009, 12:48 AM
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I say you guys are smoking some crack lol :-) I did the ECU reset on my 07 Type S before I left work tonight and noticed no difference. I even tried both methods mentioned above exactly as they were described. Shifting was exact same and throttle response felt the same. Acceleration felt good but thats probably because it was only 34 degrees driving home. Maybe this only works on the older TL's who knows. I think this is one of those things where your mind was playing tricks on you and making you want to believe it made a difference.
James
James
I noticed a difference, though it was subtle. My car is a 2005 with 80K+ miles on it and I just got it two months ago and hadn't reset the ECU yet. The car had become accustomed to the previous owner's driving style. I took it for a drive on the country roads around here and it drove amazingly. Ahh the sound of the VTEC...
10-11-2009, 01:35 AM
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I just tried this after rotating my tires and it seriously does work!
Car is a lot peppier and is very quick from the get go. I was very surprised when I got out of the driveway and stepped on the pedal.
Any methods to keeping this ECU reset or the "quick and speedy" profile at all times?
Car is a lot peppier and is very quick from the get go. I was very surprised when I got out of the driveway and stepped on the pedal.
Any methods to keeping this ECU reset or the "quick and speedy" profile at all times?
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10-11-2009, 10:40 AM
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Well you have an 07 Type-S that I would assume you've owned since it was new. So the car probably knows your driving style and if you already drive it hard, then no you wouldn't notice much of a difference.
I noticed a difference, though it was subtle. My car is a 2005 with 80K+ miles on it and I just got it two months ago and hadn't reset the ECU yet. The car had become accustomed to the previous owner's driving style. I took it for a drive on the country roads around here and it drove amazingly. Ahh the sound of the VTEC...
I noticed a difference, though it was subtle. My car is a 2005 with 80K+ miles on it and I just got it two months ago and hadn't reset the ECU yet. The car had become accustomed to the previous owner's driving style. I took it for a drive on the country roads around here and it drove amazingly. Ahh the sound of the VTEC...
10-11-2009, 10:46 AM
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My guess is that the ECU doesn't alter full-throttle performance or response but just light-throttle response, and my TL feels pretty adequately responsive after half-throttle
, so I haven't done a reset.
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10-11-2009, 02:36 PM
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just tried this on my '04 at and it works great. the car didn't seem that sluggish to me to begin with but what an improvement! great tip guys! AZ comes thru again!
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10-11-2009, 03:40 PM
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I would be 800 miles away from my car when this thread pops up
I'm doing this as soon as I get home. My car doesn't lag that badly, but a fresh start would be nice.
I'm doing this as soon as I get home. My car doesn't lag that badly, but a fresh start would be nice.
