ecometer drain

[yarrr]

Originally Posted by talnlnky

i'm surprised that the company would make such a bad error in designing the EM. Glad they have it fixed now.

Pretty unforgivable in my opinion - even if it wasn't supposed to be helping you save energy. This is like first year EE crap. Pretty much cemented me into the "would never even think about looking at an ecometer" category. I'll buy a scangauge, no need to wait to see what else ecometer botched horribly.

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by 1stToyota

I'll be switching from about 70% flat freeway driving to 100% stop about every mile or so for 4-way stopsigns and traffic lights. It'd be a real challenge to keep my 40+ average. I don't employ any real hypermiler tecniques or tactics, just flow with the traffic but don't do the jack-rabbit starts or the aggressive lane switches that's become so popular now. About $160.00 at Autozone, but I'm pretty sure that I can get them to beat that price.

for stop and go traffic i've noticed accelerating with a throttle position (TPS) of under 26 helps... especially if you can keep it below 25. The range for the TPS goes from around 15 to 80. 15 or 16 being idle, and 80 being WOT. I hardly ever go higher than 35. I'd say 90-95% of driving is under 30.

[Hershey]

the new ECO-METER hasn't drained battery as of yet . Car has sat for 3 days and started fine .

[Qmobile]

hmm I better send mine in now......I haven't had any issues...course my car don't set for 3 days at a time either but just to be on the safe side. Where do you send it back to Autometer?

[Hershey]

sent ours to ;

AUTO METER PRODUCTS , INC.
413 W.ELM STREET
SYCAMORE , IL. 60178

Call this number to get details : 1-866-248- 6357 , very helpful .

[R2D2]

Thanks Hershey!

[JonS]

I gave ecometer a call today (very helpful and courteous, I must say) and they told me that 9100s with the firmware version 4.05 is the problem version. Any other version seems fine, according to them. To check yours, unplug the bugger, start the car, plug 'er back in while holding the right button, release it and then the version number should be displayed. Mines going back tomorrow...or course it had to be 4.05.
Hope this helps and isn't a repeat of what's already been posted.

Jon

[Qmobile]

I'll have to do that before I send mine in......even though I prolly got one of the bad ones lol.....

[birdman]

Thanks Hershey!!!

[birdman]

Thanks everyone. I just sent mine in for replacement too.

[Hershey]

[birdman]

I never appreciated sneezing so much!

[kuyachris84]

Anyone with updated versions of the Ecometer still have problems with the battery drain?

I opened the new box that I received from Ecometer and checked the version. Version 4.51

4.05 was the culprit to the drain according to the forum

I plugged it in and will leave it in my car tonight to see if it drains my battery

I had it plugged in earlier and went to work out and after an hour my car almost had problems starting... so Hmmmmm

Curious to know if the new versions still drain power from the battery? Anyone?

[Hershey]

No drain with car sitting for 3 days . Cranked over with no problem . Have to wait and see if the cold of winter has any impact with the car idle for 3 days or more .

[birdman]

I got a replacement ecometer for free and it malfunctioned so I returned it and they sent me two free ones. This first of the two shows me getting 3 mpg less than the very first one. Now I'll try the other new one and see how it averages my mpg's. I asked the customer service guy where these things were designed and made. He said they were 100% a product of the USA. Why am I not surprised?

[daf62757]

I guess this is one of those ah hah! moments. I came back from a week long trip and my car was dead. Its the second batter I have replaced since I have had my Yaris. Took it to Wally Mart and was told something was draining the battery.

Guess I should have looked on here. My ecometer was the criminal!

[maineyaris]

Originally Posted by Hershey

called ECO-METER and told them of dead battery . They said they're aware of the draw on the battery when car is off and that earlier 9100 units are the source . So , sent in the ECO-METER at my cost and sent me a new one that has been modified so not to drain battery when not in use . Took about a week for them to return new 9100 . Got it hooked up earleir today . Wait and see if any affect on car battery . Thanks for the head up BIRDMAN .

So how can you tell if you are getting one that doesn't drain the battery. The model is still called the 9100? Is it just if it was made after a certain date?

[R2D2]

Here is a description of how to determine if you have a problem unit:

Originally Posted by JonS

I gave ecometer a call today (very helpful and courteous, I must say) and they told me that 9100s with the firmware version 4.05 is the problem version. Any other version seems fine, according to them. To check yours, unplug the bugger, start the car, plug 'er back in while holding the right button, release it and then the version number should be displayed. Mines going back tomorrow...or course it had to be 4.05.
Hope this helps and isn't a repeat of what's already been posted.

Jon

I returned mine as well;very fast turnaround (good thing-I felt lost without it!) and no problem since!

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