First I want to say thank you for this video, thank you. I'm helping a friend with her 2009 Rav 4 that starts and runs for a few seconds and then shuts off. She was told it's the immobilizer box failing, and your video is the first I've seen mention exactly where that box is(and yes what you said you think is the immobilizer is the immobilizer as I'm looking at a replacement right in front of me). I'm wondering if you remember how it is in there, could one reach that bolt and be able to unclip the connector to the immobilizer without having to actually take out the whole white mass, maybe only have to take the top of the dash off?
No problem, I try to help out as much as possible. From what I remember it was a really tight fit behind the hvap housing but what I would to do is take the top part of the dash and try different pick tools to just unclip it and leave the old one hanging there and just relocate the immobilizer in a new location. That seems like the easiest way to go about it. Hope that helps and thanks for watching.
If it’s not leaking anywhere in the engine bay then the only place that’s left is internal. I’ve noticed around 90 to hundred k miles it leaks for any car.
First I want to say thank you for this video, thank you. I'm helping a friend with her 2009 Rav 4 that starts and runs for a few seconds and then shuts off. She was told it's the immobilizer box failing, and your video is the first I've seen mention exactly where that box is(and yes what you said you think is the immobilizer is the immobilizer as I'm looking at a replacement right in front of me).
I'm wondering if you remember how it is in there, could one reach that bolt and be able to unclip the connector to the immobilizer without having to actually take out the whole white mass, maybe only have to take the top of the dash off?
No problem, I try to help out as much as possible. From what I remember it was a really tight fit behind the hvap housing but what I would to do is take the top part of the dash and try different pick tools to just unclip it and leave the old one hanging there and just relocate the immobilizer in a new location. That seems like the easiest way to go about it. Hope that helps and thanks for watching.
@@chaughtaihassan That thought was running through my head, glad to see you think it might be possible too. Thank you very much.
how do i know if i need to replace it?
If it’s not leaking anywhere in the engine bay then the only place that’s left is internal. I’ve noticed around 90 to hundred k miles it leaks for any car.