Can "JUSTANSWER.COM" Fix Your Car? (Part 1: Nissan Titan NO-COMM for a YEAR!?)
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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2024
- Oh boy, here we go again!
This 2011 Nissan Titan V8 lost communication with the ECM a year ago, and has been a BEACHED WHALE since.
The owner obtained a replacement used ECM and had a shop program it.
Truck actually started and ran, but was in LIMP MODE with no throttle control!
Parts Cannon got fired up:
APP sensor, Throttle Body, Fuse Box... now the truck is back to a NO-START, NO-COMM!
In desperation, owner went to JUSTANSWER.COM and they suggested that he CUT ALL of the 5V reference wires at the ECM to try to get it back online. WOW...
Obviously that was a BIG FAIL...now the truck is completely DISABLED, and has a BUTCHERED WIRING HARNESS!!!
Owner finally towed it to PHAD 3 hours out-of-state. Last Resort.
He says that he already spent way too much TIME and MONEY on this truck, and wants a DISCOUNT!!
Let's open up this CAN OF WORMS and see if we can get this truck back on the road...
LAUNCH X431 PRO3S+:
www.amazon.com/dp/B092894STV?...
TOPDON TORNADO 90000 BATTERY CHARGER:
www.amazon.com/dp/B09XV64Q49?...
ASTRO DVOM:
www.amazon.com/dp/B07FDBW1PT?...
Enjoy!
Ivan - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Labor rates:
$65/hour
$100/hour if you watch
$150/hour if you help
$200/hour if you worked on it first.
2024, add a 1 in front of each of those rates
@@AraCarrano No just a zero to the end. 😁🤣
A clear universal truth
Add 10% for the big guy and another 10% for Ukraine 😂
I would typically charge the most if they help! 😬
“Can you give me a discount”? Yes, come and get it. All you paid for is towing…..
😂😂😂😂😂😂 this is funny
I worked with a mate who had a regular customer who would always haggle for a discount. My mate would just add a few hundred on the original quote and let the customer haggle him down to the normal price. It was hilarious to watch.
I learned to do that with some of the foreign student customers at my shop as well xD
Now that's genius I like that
A well trodden route.
When you're in business for a number of years, you kinda get the 'feel' for the type of guy you're dealing with👍🏻
For you, special price!
Tell the customer he will get the IDIOT DUMMY DISCOUNT which is a mark up. Lol 😂
He watches you're videos still goes snipping wires and fires off parts everywhere what an absolute weapon 😂
Probably after he cut wires
"YOUR" not "you're"
@@sblagg527are you the wire cutter?
@@MattyEngland No, highly unlikely, just trying to teach proper grammar. You're lucky that's all he or she picked out of that post.
Nobody wants a “Karen” teaching the grammar. Just read the comments, or don’t and just troll on.
I never understood how a customer can say they spent all this money so can you fix my truck for free? Somehow the fact that they are asking for your help doesn't seem to matter.
I have a feeling that, in the end, the bill will be ultra-spicy, PHAD Channel "discount"😉 or not! And Ivan's competence, tenacity, and patience are worth every red cent!
Exactly! They created a nightmare scenario and wants a discount 😂
This happens alot where I work. Customer had vehicle at several shops. Bring it to us and want it fixed but they are out of money. Sits on the lot until they come up with the cash.
No no no. You don't ask for a discount. "I've already invested too much time & money in this - anything we can do to keep the cost down would be appreciated. Also I have a 1993 Fiero in decent condition in my barn, maybe we can work out some kind of trade."
@@DaddyBeanDaddyBean 1993 Fiero, those are worth big$$$ since they made so few of them.
As soon as he asked for a discount, I would have told him to go away. Its not like you did all the previous failed work.
I bet he asked for discount after dumping this truck on Ivan, this guy has no clue.
I bet he didn't ask all the parts sellers who sold him the parts for a discount 😂
Ivan's calculus might be a bit different. He needs basket cases for CZcams views. If you were just running a shop, sure, tell the customer to send it to the crusher.
of course ANYHTING may be better to get his mind off an audi. A job so bad he did two vids in one day to get rid of it.
He probably just read this and cried a little
The customer watch your videos and still throw away all the parts he has replaced then he hasn't payed attention to what you always telling your customers,"bring all the OEM parts"
Ivan, you are the man.
If he watches Ivan's channel, he hasn't been for long... Got rid of the OEM parts AND cuts wires to the ECM? And gives a 10-word response for a "detailed description"? 😋
Got my crystal ball...says this is a four parter for sure...
That guy should not be allowed to touch anything under the hood of a vehicle. Lol
I sure hope this guy doesn't do his own plumbing
I think Ivan said the guy is a handyman. If he is, I can't imagine the kind of work he does
@@carloshernandez2216 Breaker keeps tripping? Just cut the wire and voila! Fixed... lol!
i see it different the more they screw up the more i make, i love them so much, im glad they sell them cans of freon in the stores, makes me more money when they muck them ac systems up, especially when they put stop leak in them.
I'll bet he has several kids though. There should be an idiot test before you're allowed to procreate.
Sorry no discount more like a premium charge
Charge him for every minute, then double it.
Yea the gall of some people.. gives a guy a car with no original parts after throwing a bunch at it, engine bay is a mess with god knows what loosened, no info, cut wires, broken plugs, dead battery but wants to be cut a break.. for what?! I mean if the car was brought with a clean bay, parts, work log and candy in the console and newly opened air fresheners then fuk yea, your getting the house price cuz you made life as easy as you could for a guy.. but jeez. Like those nasty gutter trash who bring in cars for work full of trash, bugs and mold smelling like a dead foot stepped in a turd with windows rolled up to keep the roaches in.. people tend to suck.. hard..
Charge more for the migrain this car caused you, by owner own doing.
I love it when the customer wasted a lot of money and somehow things you should pay for that
Seeing the inside of that engine bay was truly painful.
yes, and you can't unsee it
7:25 My approach, “load it back on the flatbed and get it off my property.”
Would have sent this turd packing, to the scrap yard. No way would I get involved with this.
Someone sends that ridiculous missing piece mess to you and then asks for a discount? That’s a customer a business doesn’t need.
You’re worth every dollar and then some, everyone else got paid so you’re absolutely deserving of your full amount due. You also will be the one to get the truck running, the owner owes you a tip on top of the bill. Nice job Ivan!
It takes a lot of balls to ask for a discount when you get your car in to probably the only person who can fix it just because you fired the parts cannon at it and didn’t bother to actually diagnose anything
And in addition damaged important wiring and left electrical components under the hood disassembled and in disarray.
I would have turned this car down or at least asked for $1000 up front.
@@Dave-ei7kk There are many red flags from this customer.
this is not balls,is prickness
Can't believe the customer asked for a discount "because he's spent a lot of money on thee truck so far." Not only no sir...but hell no sir!.
When I use to repair Home appliances and I would walk into a situation where the homeowner ripped apart the appliance trying to fix it himself. One of the first questions I got was " How long was it going to take to fix it" . I use to say , Well sir , it's going to take me at least an hour or two to put it back together to see what was wrong with it. I can feel your pain Ivan.
Ivan, as a radio broadcast engineer I use a Fluke Networks Pro3000 Tone Generator and Probe Kit to find open wiring. This tool can easily show where a wire is open in a wiring loom. Radio stations have a lot more wire tightly bundled and this tool help find the pair of wires or wire that you are looking for. Greatly enjoy your videos, keep making them.
You're brave for being willing to take this on. What a mess
I didn't know it was that big of a mess...until I opened the hood LOL!😅
I have taken on similar stuff.
Yesterday I finished a project someone else took on and gave up.
My name was mentioned, I got the call. About 2 weeks later, the car got dropped off. So I began the reassembly process. Luckily all the jiggly bits were in the truck plus some other new parts.
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics Did he ask for the discount before you opened the hood? lol
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics
When did you find out the owner can't locate the original parts that he's removed/replaced? Has he explained why he can't unearth them?
Perhaps his dog ate them?
The customer installed 99% of the problems.
😂 so true
😂😂😂😂
More like a parts explosion than a parts cannon.
Tell him to provide you with the full 'justanswer' response. We NEED to see this.
I just love these Christmas specials lol
😅😅👍👍🇺🇸
"Can I get a discount?"
"Sure. No charge. Come get your car, and good luck."
unbelievable that someone could be that destructive to a vehicle and then come to you looking for a fix and want it to be low cost......AAARRRGGG!!!! With the money he spent he could have gotten an hour diag from a competent tech and been miles ahead of where he is now. You have the patience of a Saint Ivan for even looking at this dumpster fire. Thanks so much for this video and shame on just ask for allowing con artist to give advice
i love those people, makes me more money
customer sounds like the kind mechanics put liens on
Customer: “I’ve already spent so much money. Give me a discount, Ivan!”
Ivan: “Thanks. My time is less valuable, because you spent too much?” 🤔
You're a better man than me Ivan. What a mess. Always a learning experience.
Everyone wants a free ride. Ship it bro.
Another classic case of somebodies ego getting the better of them, eg: "I can fix my truck myself, i dont need no 'mekanik' telling me whats wrong." My question is: how much $$$ and time was sunk into this vehicle before Ivan got it? There's a saying: if you think a professional is expensive, try having your car diagnosed and repaired by an amateur...
I feel for you Ivan, this thing is a hot mess, i probably would not have touched it with a 20 foot stick.😊😊😊 you are a much braver man then me.
Thank you.
With you Ivan you can do just about anything with no parts required. A very intelligent and logical electronic technician with great logical mechanical knowledge.
This customer sends you a torn apart truck with cut wires and half the harness disconnected that hasn't run in a year and tows it from Maryland and has the balls to ask for a discount!!!!! WTF!
xD
like one guy said at the end figure the bill higher and then give the discount.
Here in Arizona we call this show RELOAD. Because Ivan is always reloading the parts cannon with original parts.
"My approach is going to be, close my eyes.... " I don't think i've ever laughed so hard watching your videos.
There needs to be a PITA surcharge and a donation to your favorite charity on this one. 😂
Spent 40 years in the trades...loved when people asked for a discount.
My reply was, "When you go to work do you work for an hour or two before punching in????
They always responded, "No"
Then why should I?
refused a few people after they asked. Let the guy down the street lose money
I would have sent him packing
Owner is getting charged extra after cutting wires. These companies are cheap AF, if the wires were not needed, They wouldnt be included!
Ivan, you're the best. This episode confirms my decision to hang on to my 2000 Frontier, V6, bought new. Still looks new after a recent detail (DIY).
Thanks for the video Ivan, I am looking forward to part two!
Could go to a 3 or 4 parter 😱😆. They been really pushing Ivan to the breaking point lately
Customer "i have destroyed my truck,could you fix for nothing?" . . 2 words for you Mr customer, the second being " off "
Again, Ivan got me good. I'm all in on the next step, and bingo bango, part one ends.
Hope you got paid up front, Ivan. This looks like it will be a four part Father's Day special. I usually have to wait until Sunday for my gifts, so I will really enjoy receiving Father's Day gifts from Thursday thru Sunday. Thanks Ivan!
I just want an episode that's a tour of your property! It looks amazing!
I can't believe you took this project on. It's a no win for you. It's going to make the audi look like a great project.
You should sometime in the future do a video "can chatgpt diagnose this car" where you ask chatgpt and see how near the issue it comes. I'm genuinely interested to see
If Ivan trains the model on enough of his videos, it could actually be very good.
WatchWesWork has done a video RE: diagnosis via AI Bot.
Discount? If someone brought a vehicle to me in that state, butchered up by the owner himself, I'd charge him extra or send him packing. Some nerve the guy has.
Hi Ivan, just wanted to say your haircut is always looking really nice and clean, I wish I had a barber as good as yours!
It's just the basic cut at the local "Great Clips" chain salon... They do a great job! 👌😁
I wonder if he said it started after a new ECM was it just what you got. Perhaps the key was never programmed to the salvage yard computer or maybe a VIN mismatch no start aside from everything else. I feel your frustration and look forward to the next video. Great work Ivan.
Cut the wires LOL
That reminds me of the hacks saying to microwave your direct TV card to unlock it.
Wow I never heard that one before. But back in the day I was way into DirecTV hacking. Just recently I was looking through some old boxes and found my old smart card writers and bunch of interfaces and some stuff I can't even remember what I used it for at all. But back in the late 90's it was awesome always trying to stay one step ahead of DirecTV and Dish. When I was a kid in the 80's, we had one of those big full size satellite dishes with the big hydraulic motor to move it to a different satellite, we used to get a lot of free TV back then also. I'll never forget moving that big dish to a different position to pick up a different satellite depending on what channel you were trying to find. Man we have come a long way.
How doesn't Ivan don't have a bald head like Dr Phil with the crazy issues he deals with yet? 😂
unfair of owner to ask for a discount - you should charge him extra to tackle that mess! He made things worse, not better. Plus he was happy to waste money on parts but not a proper diagnosis! I feel for you, Ivan! I'm sure many would have walked away. Great video tho! 😀
Ivan, I love it. Sounds like your version of comedy central!
I guess they gave him a real good reason to cut those wires. It reminds me of when social media was telling I-phone owners they could charge their I-phones by putting them in the microwave for a few minutes. Neither seems to have worked out very well. .
Or like Linux newbies getting terminal commands to delete system directories
In DOS, the joke was "deltree c:\*.*"
We also had fun with chmod to make files look like they were deleted. Instead they were just hidden.
Ivan refers to the customer's work in the engine bay as " butchery"! 😂
When you opened the hood and started showing the things unhooked and flopping around all I could say is, Oh No!! I feel bad for you not the owner. 😂
After the hack job on the computer wires he has a lot of nerve
What a history! My head was spinning
We got the ole' Home depot csr battery installed. Guess Handy man went to isle 12 after loading up lumber for roofing supplies
Ivan, your abilities are truly remarkable.. I do have one comment, in my experience grey tape can conduct electricity.
Ivan, your too nice. I would of 86'd that customer off my property after i popped the hood and seen the carnage and asked for discount. lol Hopefully he didn't get the Camry loaner or that may be chopped up too.
Wild guess time? That super fast crank sounds like low compression? How about a timing belt 😜
Or the plugs are missing and they didn't tell Ivan. There's another possibility in a different universe. I was having a beer with my aircraft mechanic, and he was telling me all the horror stories of the guy who used to run that shop. Some aircraft come with 24V systems. Well, this guy installed a 12V starter. Apparently that's enough to cause exciting things to happen when you crank the engine.
@@major__kong If it had no plugs, it wouldn't have started briefly 😁
I’ll go with low compression. Plus I think those engines have chains. (Not that they don’t go bad)
@@bobcoats2708 Yeah I have no clue about if it is belt or chains or whatever. But whatever it is affected all cylinders, right. I bet Ivan is going to find that was the original problem, and someone tried to fix it by messing with the wiring and the computer.
Cylinders probably flushed with gas from a lot of crank no start action.
Wow you're brave for even looking at it, especially after the customer asked for a discount!
Usually the "penny pinchers" end up paying the most 😂
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics lol very true!
That's quite charitable of you Ivan. This person needs guidance more than a discount.
Sloppy work, no discount for you! Thanks Ivan.
Lucky. He. Stopped. When. He. Did. Never. Cut. Good. Lesson. Thanks.
i get the frustration completely. just this week an 07 escalade came into the shop and this guy had a bunch of complaints, rough running, no comm to ecm, ebcm, escm, long crank etc. he had replaced the air ride pump and “fixed” the ground that it on the rear body mount. i replaced the reprogrammed the electronic suspension control module and everything came back online, i removed the starter and found the ckp sensor unplugged, reconnected and that fixed the long crank and the dead tack and rough running however his air ride pump is still dead, aftermarket trash of course, power and grounds as well as 5v and low ref is all present i suspect a crap aftermarket pump
4:11 What a cheek! The correct response to that is "That sounds like a you problem...".
You are a brave man
Parts cannon goes BOOOOM!
No discount you want my skills I get paid. You had it towed to me for a reason ! He's lucky your even looking at this vehicle.
This almost looks like the customer sent you a "setup" to see if you can correct this mess as a case study.
Did he get a discount from the person towing the car in ?
I wonder why people like that don't ask the parts guy for a discount? It's always the guy who provides a service who gets asked, not stores selling tangible goods.
I don't know how that guy has the nerve to ask for a discount, he has absolutely butchered it . He should give you a bonus if you get it running.
Only about 10 minutes in. I’d need at least a 500$ security deposit to even consider this project. This should be good! 👍👍🇺🇸. I’d bet it will be a NPR, maybe some OPR.
I would want 4 hours, which is $800, just to scan it. Go away, don't come here. I have plenty of real work to do, that does not waste my time.
@@scrappy7571 I have no problem helping people out in certain situations, but from the sounds of this I’d feel better with a bit of a deposit. But then again, I’ve gotten screwed more times by some family members than I care to mention. 😅😅
@@scrappy7571 Every case is somewhat unique. I’m sure Ivan has been down this road a few times and has it under control.
This looks like the results of a long m3th weekend without sleep...... geezz
You dont ask the technician of last resort for a discount. REDICULOUS!
I hate it when things like this happen. I had a pt cruiser show up with a fan in-op. new fans, new tipm. Found the green crusties on the main power feed to the fans below the battery, wire rotted in half. Fixed that and it all works. owner cries about my diag fee (1.5) hours because the last shop charged them 1800 dollars for the parts and install.
did it need those parts? who knows. but none of them fixed the problem of the car overheating due to no fans. I stood firm on my diag. told them to get their old parts back from the other shop as they are probably good.
Customer: Hmm what would Ivan do in this situation?!? 🤔🤔🤔
Also customer: Buy a load of junk chinese parts from Amazon and randomly start cutting into the wiring harness 🤪🤪
Not sure what channel he's been watching, but I don't think it's this one 😂
Extra work for you should mean extra cost for him! How on earth does he think cutting wires could make it run???? I mean, if the wires needed to be cut, you can believe Nissan would have left them out and saved money!
Well if he has been watching your videos then he should know to go snippy snippy mad 😯😯.
You have got your work cut out on than that one .👍👍
I'm surprised you took the truck on.
It didn't sound bad from the owner's description...I was wrong xD
I've learned to ask a lot more questions before headed to any shop.Lately Ive been running into too many of these heroes cars.
You can ask the "handyman" how often be gives discounts and how that puts food on his family's table...?
Seeing that battery terminal connection wrapped in duct tape explains it all. 😝
That was a safety measure put in by Ivan so the unsecured ECM doesn't short out.
@@NextLevelAutoDiagnostics ok, that makes more sense.
Hard to believe he watches Ivan's channel... If he does, he would have been way too embarrassed to drop that thing off in that condition... Sometimes I think the internet has dumbed everyone down... Website says hack my ecm wires, but it didn't work... Hey Ivan, you're gonna have to fix this for me for nuthin'.... LOL
cut wires for repair 😂 made my day
Looks like Ivan and his brain are Masochists; they just LIVE for these basket cases!😂
Well at least he tried and we have all been there !
A real basket case. The term handyman covers a wide range of skills and perceived skills
I might have one for ya, Ivan. I've got a '96 K1500 with a random misfire. I've taken it to three shops and each one has tried there own fix. Slight parts cannon, but mainly stuff that needed to be replaced due to age anyhow, plugs, cap & rotor etc, so I'm not too deep in it. The third shop, though has had it for the past 5 weeks and no closer to resolution. I'm about one more phone call away from driving it the 4 hours out to you.
Just fill out the appointment form :)
That looks like duct tape on the battery terminal. Duct tape is conductive under some circumstances. Just something to be aware of. Great videos.
Just had a similar situation at my shop about 1 month ago. About 3 hours of back and forth but got it figured out.
Ain't it funny how people want you to discount your price but they don't want you to discount your effort?
Discount? The dealership is across the street, ask them.
Helps every time.
Most cars are manufactured with too many wires anyway. You can cut about 10% of them without fear. If they were important they’ll grow back together.
Its looks so promising!
But no discounts sorry! Man
You have the tenacity of a Bulldog, this study is the Red Flag Wagon from the DIY to the, I spent a lot screwing around so I need you to reduce your price. You need to be Knighted my friend.
Who on earth watches your channel and derives from it 'lets cut some wires & shotgun parts'? I've been crawling over my 93 Honda Accord for almost 6 months chasing wires in my spare time (500 miles after a rebuild it just randomly died, something seems to be signaling the ECU to kill it). Just this morning I found a 'shark bite' tucked behind the fuse block in such a manner that someone had to removed the fuse block to place it. I don't know what witch craft proceeded me, but if I have to cry 'uncle' and have it towed to a professional like yourself, there won't be any cut/deleted wires.
Discount , You must be kidding , this guy is lucky you are even going to fix it !
The owner actually believed someone who told him to cut wires to the ecm? 😮😮😮
Ivan you need a disclaimer on every intro, something like a vice grip garage have :)
Cutting wires is always the best repair technique. 😂