TCU (TELEMATICS) bypass - force start?
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From: Essone
Happy to help, I enjoy the technical side of things and am always looking to learn. If I can teach a little bit while I'm at it, I love to. My job now takes me through about 10 different dealers on a regular basis, and getting to help out on the most problematic cars, helping the techs get better at fixing them at the same time. I get to do less fixing than when I was an actual tech, so if I can help a few people out here as well, I'm all for it. These are cool cars and don't get the love they deserve, and sometimes get too much of a bad rap based on the British background.
I’m reaching out because I’ve seen your expertise with JLR systems. I’m struggling with a TCU-related 'No Crank' issue on my Jaguar XE.
The Situation:
- Errors: 'SOS Limited' and 'SOS Unavailable' (intermittent, but now persistent).
- Hardware: I found oxidation on the TCU board and a leaky/loose shark fin antenna.
- Battery: The backup battery was imbalanced (one cell at 2.5V, the other at 3.7V). I'm currently пытаюсь (trying to) rebalance/charge it on a bench.
- Goal: I don't care about the Telematics features. I want to either fix the communication to restore cranking or, preferably, code the TCU out (CCF delete) for peace of mind.
Any advice or contact for remote coding would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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If you can clean it and get the communications back with the module, it would start. The backup battery and other faults won't stop it from starting. If you cannot get the module to be back online and communicating properly to allow the start signals, then yes you would need to have it coded out.
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Thanks for the clarification, RoverJoe. Since my TCU communication is unstable and requires a forced reset to respond, I’ve decided to go ahead with the deactivation (CCF delete) to ensure reliability.
Could you (or anyone in the group) guide me on the specific steps for this?
Could you (or anyone in the group) guide me on the specific steps for this?
- Software: Should I use JLR SDD or Pathfinder for a 2.0D XE?
- Parameters: Which specific fields in the CCF do I need to change? Is it just 'Telematics' to 'None/Not Fitted', or are there other dependencies (like the VEMS or cellular data fields)?
- Hardware: Is a standard ENET cable enough, or do I absolutely need a J2534 passthru (like a Mongoose) to write the CCF?
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The CCF mods are above my level, I have only flashed the exisiting files via SDD, not modified them myself. There are others in this thread who seem to have done that before though, i'm sure they can help you.
Which diagnostic software just depends on the car, jags up to 2017 were SDD, after were pathfinder, the change was the addition of an ethernet line for diagnostics. I don't know on the other questions.
Which diagnostic software just depends on the car, jags up to 2017 were SDD, after were pathfinder, the change was the addition of an ethernet line for diagnostics. I don't know on the other questions.
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