New Guy with CEL on!

[tmontague]

Depends on if you have an immobilizer or not. No immo and its plug and play. With an immo the engine wont run until its programmed at the dealer

Edit* chances are you have a non immo ecu as they were not mandated in 2008 in the states like they were in Canada

[JCol91]

Progress has been slow, but I'm getting to root of the problem.

Originally Posted by WeeYari

An excellent starting point would be getting into a shop and having your ECM VIN checked against the chassis VIN.

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This was the first step. I called up a local dealer and checked my chassis VIN against ECM VIN and they match. The problem here is that the VIN is specific for an A/T car. So in conclusion it seems the car had a transmission swap (SELLER DID NOT DISCLOSE.. F&^KER) but whoever did it, didn't think about swapping an M/T ECM.

Originally Posted by tmontague

Depends on if you have an immobilizer or not. No immo and its plug and play. With an immo the engine wont run until its programmed at the dealer

Edit* chances are you have a non immo ecu as they were not mandated in 2008 in the states like they were in Canada

With the info I have at hand, does it mean my car has an immobilizer? I'm thinking there is no way to tell since the stock ECM is in place. Can I get my hands on a M/T ECM and have it programmed for an A/T ECM VIN??

Can anybody point me in the direction to find a list of ECM numbers for M/T cars??

I read some folks have swapped M/Ts from a Scion xD, do they use same engine and tranny? Would a Scion ECM work?

Sorry for my ignorance, but again I've never ever worked on these cars in my life. All I can talk about is about RWD Volvos

Thanks