Thank you Massachusetts DMV and Courts... for nothing

[Cashizslick]

odb2 ecu's apparently have a serial number linked to the vin of the vehicle.

Dude i have heard that too. This however is the 2nd confirmed account of somebody using an ecu that is not from their vehicle to pass inspection IN MA that I know of.


Honestly it wouldnt make sense for an ECU to be vehicle specific. From what i have heard it doesnt seem like the MA vehicle insp. system tests this either.

 

[TurboMirage]

it does. this is why my 97 ECU fails. it HAS a serial number. the inspection machine showed it plain as day and it fails VIN check.

 

[Cashizslick]

So . . . if you need a new ecu, you probably have to have a dealership flash your vin onto it.

 

[TurboMirage]

or find an ECU that doesnt have a serial on it like georges.

 

[Cashizslick]

or find an ECU that doesnt have a serial on it like georges.

I wonder why it didnt have a serial. And i wonder why the OBDII check system passed the car if it could not verify that the ECU matched the vehicle's OBDII components.

 

[TurboMirage]

couldnt tell ya. all i know is it worked!

 

[nootrac22]

congrats

 

[d.b.cooper]

wow weird coincidence this thread..

I just wrote about my laser print of the entire license plate in another thread. Since the print was a match for the actual plate that really belonged on the car (the real one was pulling other duty at the time) it came up fine when they ran it.

 

[TurboMirage]

yeah. i dont do illegal.

 

[Cashizslick]

yeah. i dont do illegal.

I do (did). That was the only way to get a perfectly good, clean running, well built car on the road in Assachusetts.