I was driving down the beltway late yesterday and thought that the attendants had left for the night. As I passed the booth, I realized that they were still there and screeched to a halt to pay. Today, I noticed that the coin holder ("not an ashtray") wouldn't close all the way. There were coins stuck in the back of it. I used a credit card to get those out. Then I opened the ECU port and saw that there were more coins back there. One or two fell all the way down when I was trying to get them out. Where does that lead to? Could this potentially be a problem?

Thanks,
Peter.

 

How did you open the ECU port? I had thought you had to remove the center console for that?

 

The same thing happened to my coin holder. How did you get the coins out from behind the coin holder?

 

when i opened my center console to replaced my headunit i found a lot of coins around the ECU port as well. i dunno how it got down there but im 3 dollars richer in quarters.

 

I had the same thing happen to me.....I pulled out that tray thing under the ash tray and found some coins......I didn't have a magnet on hand so I took the gum I was chewing, put it on the end of a pen I had in the car and took out the coins....LOL

 

There's a small plastic cover under the coin holder. I didn't even realize it was there until I went for DEQ testing last week and instead of putting a sensor in the exhaust he popped off the cover and plugged their computer in. Took all my emissions testing right from the ECU.

 

i dont think coins are magnetic

 

American coins aren't....but most Canadian coins are. Only (Canadian) pennies and nickels aren't magenetic.:p

 

IM $.86 Richer
Thanks

 

Try not to put too many coins in there.....:p :p


I had hard time open the coin tray previously......
It does open..but I had a feeling something was stuck everytime I open the tray......
But now it open & close OK......thinking that something was stuck and fell behind.....

 

The 2001's have a little flap to prevent the coins from falling down the backside.

 

i have a 2001 TL, that flop dont work.....

 

I've had to do that, too. It's a pain in the a$$.

Now, I keep my quarters in an empty film cannister in the top compartment under the armrest - It's almost a perfect fit, and it holds a lot of quarters. And I use EZ-Pass as much as possible!

 

Here's another thing Acura won't fix.