N14 ecm flash problems

[Rawze]

(12-15-2023 )Kiko Wrote:  Is there any way to get this ecm to re boot with out a bench harness with boot switch. I’ve heard I can do it with calterm just don’t know how.

Used (or repaired by non oem) ecm never runs for very long any ways. Only a couple parts inside them might get changed, only if ur lucky, and all the rest of it have more than 8+ years of run time on them and are completely unreliable.

buy OEM and have it pre-flashed.. end of story and driving down the roads.


and yeah.. without a proper bench harness and performing recovery procedures, your never going to talk to it again, once you loose communications with it during a failed flash.

it could also be that the used circuits are so worn out they cannot take a flash any more too. Anything more than 8+ years old is past its expected lifespan. Most ecm's will live a few more years past this.. but it a crap shoot... because all the silicone substrates (chips), capacitors, and other components inside the thing eventually start breaking down due to heat cycling age, etc.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/transistor-aging
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