ChapmanF's Recent Activity

  1. ChapmanF replied to the thread check engine light + soft whirring noise.

    If the part they replaced has the part number you gave, then yes, they replaced the wrong part, and called it a name that isn't even...

    Jul 31, 2026 at 7:58 AM

  2. ChapmanF replied to the thread COVID-19 hearings Wednesday.

    Bill Clinton must have felt so bad about those.

    Jul 30, 2026 at 11:22 PM

  3. ChapmanF replied to the thread Multiple power management software updates?.

    Yeah, Techstream shows "Calibration IDs"—just a goofy name for firmware versions—and the instructions on TIS for applying the E0E and...

    Jul 30, 2026 at 11:13 PM

  4. ChapmanF replied to the thread check engine light + soft whirring noise.

    You've maybe been researching on the wrong parts of the internet. "Engine auxiliary water pump" isn't really a term I'd use for any of...

    Jul 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM

  5. ChapmanF replied to the thread check engine light + soft whirring noise.

    That is what those codes were about. Ehhhh, maaaybe, but that valve usually sounds more like a washing machine agitating, or an old...

    Jul 30, 2026 at 7:05 PM

  6. ChapmanF replied to the thread Multiple power management software updates?.

    E0E was the first one intended to prevent damage to the inverter. It included updates to the firmware in the power management control...

    Jul 30, 2026 at 6:53 PM

  7. ChapmanF replied to the thread Replacement for non hybrid battery in the trunk?.

    Oh, it totally allows you to post those links. It sees them and immediately turns them into a big JavaScript-driven advertising-o-rama...

    Jul 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM

  8. ChapmanF replied to the thread What do you think is causing the first three codes.

    They could definitely mean the sensor voltage read as > 0.59 volts when the target air-fuel ratio was lean, or that the sensor voltage...

    Jul 29, 2026 at 5:36 PM

  9. ChapmanF replied to the thread Search function dead?.

    My working assumption has been that search works from an index database that gets left in an internally-inconsistent state when the...

    Jul 29, 2026 at 10:32 AM

  10. ChapmanF replied to the thread Passenger Airbag Off and Seatbelt Flashing.

    There are separate sensors for the seat-belt warning (just a switch sticking into the back of the seat cushion) and for the Occupant...

    Jul 29, 2026 at 8:16 AM

  11. ChapmanF replied to the thread Brakes making weird noise and lights came on.

    The scan tool makes it easy to read the codes, but you can get brake system codes without it: Blink (a/k/a Flash) Codes – How to. |...

    Jul 29, 2026 at 8:10 AM

  12. ChapmanF replied to the thread Moore's law for proverbs.

    if so, i can't imagine why

    Jul 29, 2026 at 8:07 AM

  13. ChapmanF replied to the thread Search function dead?.

    It has been both broken and unbroken lately, at different times. Right after the last extended outage, it was broken at first. Then it...

    Jul 28, 2026 at 9:33 PM

  14. ChapmanF replied to the thread Prius V Transaxle surprisingly works fine in a Standard Gen 3B.

    In Grandpa's car, the speedometer was driven by a cable take-off from the transmission at the output shaft, ahead of the final drive. A...

    Jul 28, 2026 at 9:26 PM

  15. ChapmanF replied to the thread Moore's law for proverbs.

    We'll have heard it all before.

    Jul 28, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Show older items