How to Handle a Basket-Case, 2007 Scion TC

[@anthonybrown3481]

Calling this a KZbin video does the video a dis-service. This was a masterpiece of a video. Thank you.

[@jimenezll803]

I'm a diyer and I get a ton of knowledge on videos pertaining something i realy love to do.....so my opinion is this video and also others help tremendously, so dont cut your self short on whether it is boring or not, as far as I'm concerned its not. Good job! keep doing what your doing!

[@raneycollins2717]

HAHAHAaa this made my day, I have a rebuilt 07 Basket-Case and watching this gave me sooooo much insight to the amalgam of issues it's had. Thanks, great video!

[@BrandonF601]

Lovin the vids. You are now added to my round of daily videos: Scannerdanner, Southmain, Pinehollow, and now Triangle. Looking foward to next upload.

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

Glad to hear it Brandon, the good news is you won't have to wait long. A new vid is baking in KZbin's oven and should be ready in about an hour!

[@tgoodm1]

Just had to pause the video at 36:46 to let you know that I really admire how you utilize the "troubleshooter" feature of the Verus. Not too many techs do, at least not on camera. Great work!!!

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

When you pay close to 10 grand for a tool, I think you need to get as much out of it as you can. I absolutely love the troubleshooter, saves me trips to the computer time after time!

[@lovetolearn5253]

I love basket cases that's why I got in to mechanics. Yes it frustrating at times but very rewarding especially when other shops couldn't fix it and you did. It builds confidence. Great vedio my dude much appreciation for bringing us along

[@davjociestanski1587]

Your videos are not entertainment they are very educational and knowledgeable long or short your videos are great thank you for your time you'll even get better as time goes on

[@tracycolorado]

Dang Good video young man, thanks for taking the time . Don't get down on yourself , if you were a fortune teller you would be a zillion air

[@josephsfields]

Great job getting it all done in under an hour. Glad to see you didn't edit out the error at 30:02 You do a nice job of explaining your troubleshooting and walking us through the diagrams like Eric and Ivan.

[@toyotaron7830]

I really enjoy your methodical approach to problem solving, and as one professional to another you do a fine job with your diagnosis. Subscribed. On this Scion, be thankful you didn't have to do a water pump!

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

Thank you kind sir! I'm glad you are enjoying my channel and I appreciate the kind words.

[@picoboo5048]

haven't watched the video yet but I see your channel is starting to take off. Congratulations Joe, you definitely deserve it 😎

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

You were there from the start man, I can't take all the credit. Support from guys like you is what motivates me to improve and do my best. Thanks so much!

[@valleyautodiagnostics]

I started laughing when i've seen your "basket case" title as i knew this is gonna be a frustrating diagnosis.We all hate working after a poor repair attempt.This is one of your best video Joe and thanks for not editing out the mistakes!!I come across with your channel inadvertently and find your videos very informative looks professional too.Keep them videos coming Gregory

[@MegaGrahamo]

i've just started following you and i must say that your videos are very good really professional looking forward to the next one

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

Thanks so much! Stay tuned my friend!

[@DATCHICK92503]

Hey I saw ur video like 2years ago and today I had my car not go in reverse I reamber ur video and. Changed out the chip and it worked wow. It worked thanks for making this Scion tC shifter stick video

[@jacobusa4727]

you just got a new sub enjoyed every minute my automotive teacher Mr Gram told me when you get frustrated when trying to figure something out just whistle and you will gain your composer and your patience will pay off thanks for this great trouble shooting clip I enjoy others on YT I believe you are in their ranks when talking out for us loud and clear what's going through your process of elimination Sal

[@srdporter]

May have been extremely frustrating for you but made for great viewing. Loving your channel. I wish you every success with it. Keep it going, I'm sure it'll be a big hit.

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

Thanks for your support friend, I'm happy to hear that you are enjoying my channel!

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Wow a 2007 Toyota with no rust is considered a "basket case" in North Carolina?!? Dang you guys are spoiled lol. Great diag, Joe!

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

Every time I get a rusty car down here I think of you guys up north! It's not all sunshine and rainbows though, the summer's here are BRUTAL!

[@patrickphippspa584]

What a pure joy to watch your videos! Thank you so much for taking the time. I hope you'll keep up with it as you are becoming my favorite channel! Appreciate cha!

[@fgcisco61]

i been watching south main auto repair and pine hollow auto diagnostics since day one they are good and you are no different you are good too thanks for you videos

[@jix177]

Agree. He's well up there with South Main and Pine Hollow, top quality.

[@rontiemens2553]

Another great video. Very educational, watching a pro deal with a problem child of a car.

[@supercoupe6288]

yea that one was a real head scratchier, sure glad you showed how those high amp fuses come out never had to replace one before, cool video keep them coming.

[@haywardsautomotive6156]

Nice video and gotta love the ones that others have attempted to fix & failed and then towed in. Not only do you have to figure out the original problem but also all the problems they have created and what they tore apart and didn't put back together. This one wasn't too bad b/c at least they didn't deliver it with a box of parts in the trunk and wiring all opened up and then want you to give them the normal rate. Great diagnosis just take the biggest problem & hope during the fix that it fixes the little problems but that didn't happen with yours but at least it was only fuses. Keep the videos coming and your subscribers will keep increasing...good stuff!

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

Thanks mate! Yeah I lucked out on this one in a way, just some mixed up things all over but nothing too difficult or serious. I have had some real doozies, especially when the customer says things like, "It started doing ________ so I rewired ________ and now ___________ happens when I __________". (I'm sure you imagination can fill the blanks in nicely.) ;)

[@haywardsautomotive6156]

HAHA Or I've worked on it and taken it to several shops, they think it was hit by lightning. It's not tore apart too bad and they tow it in and there's modules all over the floor, wire harnesses opened up, dash 1/2 tore apart along with the engine bay and then they ask for an estimate...true story. To this day I still don't know what caused the no start b/c after I put it all back together everything worked perfectly for years. I have no idea how they came to the conclusion it was hit by lightning but I suspect heavy drinking, snorting or both :D

[@cricriarriazola8866]

Im so glad I ran into this video! You are definitely on my favorite list. You have an awesome way of explaining your thinking. Wish to learn more from you in the upcoming videos.

[@andrewk778]

This is a great video. I'm glad this stuff happens to other people too.

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

Haha yep, not just you!

[@stuzman52]

Great thought process Joe in the step-by-step of doing the diagnostics on this car! You were right that someone was having a little fun playing around with this car having two fuses out and a blow 120A fuse. The 120A fuse may have went from vibration since it was a small crack across the link. No matter what caused it, the owner or someone left the car in a mess for sure. Nice work Joe and keep up the good work!

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

I think you're absolutely right. I don't think my original suspicion of the fuse being blown was accurate, instead I believe vibration caused it. As for the other issues, welp, at least its all good now lol. Thanks for the compliments!

[@StarTrekforever3698]

Excellent job figuring out the problems on that car!

[@TexasPLNR]

Great video! Nice to see a "warts and all" approach.

[@CHIBA280CRV]

Damn, that was a serious pain in the butt ! But you pulled it thru , nice job hopefully a part for the rest of the issues it has. Thanks

[@7Westwood]

Thanks for the great video, We have a 2005 Scion TC that is constantly blowing the EFI Fuse, I suspect a faulty Fuel Pump... The car has been a Total Basket Case just like the one you are working on.

[@nicknicu1787]

What a pile Joe! Thanks for the patience!

[@tecnaman9097]

First time watch on your channel Joe...subscribed!!

[@jix177]

Great video, thanks for sharing. Keep them coming!

[@davidnelson4310]

well done my friend great diagnostics

[@billrimmer5596]

Was not boring at all. In fact, I couldn't shut it off till the car was running. Your jump pack leads me to believe that u r a Ron Capps fan. Among others in the DSR racing stable

[@PaulysAuto]

You do great videos man, thanks for putting in your time to do this!

[@rafaelflores9860]

Thank you for your videos they are great, keep them coming,,

[@Beek88]

Same car same issue! I've done new starter, neutral safety switch, starter relay, transmission! Started once when I put the new neutral safety switch I drove then it wouldn't start back. Fun!!

[@whitetiger8652]

Thanks for the video and you gained another subscriber.

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

Thanks so much!

[@josueivanruiz]

This is probably my favorite video yet. I like how you show the struggle we sometimes run into and the mistakeswe make as well. Top notch. Just curious how you billed for this one in terms of diagnostic time.

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

I think we billed an hour diagnostic time, and an hour for the heavy fuse replacement. I felt that was more than fair.

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

Remember that my procedure takes way longer on video. Though the video is 45 minutes long, me conducting this diagnosis minus replacing the heavy fuse probably would not have taken longer than 20 minutes or so.

[@josueivanruiz]

The reason I ask is because the original complaint was a no start no crank. Once you get it to start and run, the other issues with the car would be seperate problems. I guess in this case because its just fuses either blown or missing, its a "easy" quick diagnosis and fix. I would imagine if those other problems weren't fuse issues, you would be calling the customer to get more diagnostic time on the car. Either way, im really impressed with the content of your videos, as well as the attitude and approach. Keep them coming!

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

I agree with you, if the other problems were separate concerns more diagnostic time would have been warranted. The only one I feel wasn't was the throttle body fuse being blown, but given the compounding issues engineered into the vehicle I didn't see a point in going any further with it. We informed the customer that if it were to blow again we would need to perform diagnostics on that circuit. Sometimes you just have to sort of feel out a situation out and determine what seems right and fair for a given condition. I'm glad you are enjoying my channel!

[@baxrok2.]

Right after you said, "..and before you ask, i did put the starter relay back in.." I though, But how about the fuse? lol Nice work Joe and thanks for sharing and showing!

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

Haha, I giggled a little bit while I was editing that part for the very same reason!

[@BarakaBoom]

Awesome video! I learned so much!

[@jgeorges3061]

BIG thankyou for what u do and the videos and info that u share . cheeeeeeers

[@stevennahulak6768]

Excellent video. Its nice to know that you also get frustrated in diagnosing vehicles like this. I believe your shop uses identifix drawings. Is that correct? If so, how do you like identifix? Keep the video coming.

[@CALMEXMUSICGROUPTV1]

Good video I’m having the same issue with my Scion tC 😩

[@isscotty2hotty]

Nice job man! Fun to watch also

[@rrmech11]

great patience i really enjoyed video

[@raymilligan9556]

Fuse Burglars?

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

I'm saying man.

[@InsideOfMyOwnMind]

Subbed . How could I not? It would be interesting to know if it was the customer or another hack somewhere that caused this.

[@jamiewhite838]

No bad feelings towards you but glad to see other techs get these type of R.O.s too. You do know Toyota does this kind of designing on purpose so people can't work on their cars & simply give up. The odds of so many PITA designs from one brand are astronomical. It's on purpose. Then add some butch in the mix & here we go again. Any way good video & always bill labor accordingly.

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

It's all good, we all have to take our share of the bull crap sometimes! Thanks for stopping by!

[@jeffscomp]

Nice job. Somebody was carelessly yanking fuses to get it to start.

[@chekelley6861]

Keep em coming!

[@wdhewson]

Fuse fatigue rather than blow on the 120 A ???

[@johnshere4922]

hi I had the same problem but with 2015 model. the battery when flat someone fail to jump start. I was call out just before mid night. Fitted a good battery. started with out no throttle operation. Connected scanner but computer started a large update. Fault code thottle body power supply fitted new fuse and clear code and was O/K . quick job that look 2 hours.

[@giloquendo]

I have a 2007 with low rpm problems it's idling at 500 rpms and I'm going crazy don't know what could be

[@danielc.3725]

Nice Vid, & yeah it can be frustrating, but that is life of a Mechanic, BTW, you can't be eyeballing fuses or relays, to make sure you get a voltmeter check for continuity you don't know where that wire is broken up and could be blinded to the naked eye...

[@DATCHICK92503]

thanks for the video. make more scion tc. on electrical. thanks again!!! u got me to be a subcriber.

[@MaicSalazarDiagnostics]

Two blown fuses and a missing one? Humm! So what were they blown? I might give you the main blown by a reverse polarity but the throttle one no! Something else was there, do you check components when a fuse is blown? When you said that the main fuse was not the reason of the no crank, how did you figure? Cristal ball? Lol

[@karendixon5262]

wow nice work! and entertaining!

[@embreesmith7613]

great video .. thanks ..!!

[@lionelmumper7531]

Very Interesting. Cracked 120A Fuse vs Blown 120A Fuse, also very Interesting. Missing Fuses are self explanatory. Totally Dead Battery, Parasitic Draw?? Interesting. I needed to stop watching, so I could do other things.Instead - I continued watching. You did well. Logical approach, Challenging industry, Thanks for Sharing.

[@gbowne1]

Pretty funny indeed that some person played swap-tronics all over the board with the fuses. Good idea to start at the fuse box and see if anything and everything is in its correct place and the correct type and rating before you go and do some diag from that point. I work on a lot of pre Sept.1996 vehicles and yeah stuff gets moved around. Or from the person that just goes to the parts counter buys a box of the assorted value and puts in whatever will fit regardless of type, value, etc. or just leave it out altogether hoping said problem will just go away. It's 10 years old so yeah it'd have quite a story to tell. This the same one that had the alternator/battery light problem?

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

Thankfully I don't see too many vehicles like this come around, we have taught many of our customers the importance of letting a professional take a look from the start, to avoid situations like this. Yep, this is the very same Scion from the alternator video! That being said, a previous viewer wanted more information on one of the circuits we tested on that video, and I just realized I had the perfect opportunity to get him an answer.... Crap.

[@dezblyan5125]

still liked the video keep em coming

[@int53185]

Your right. I have seen a reverse connection jump start and it ain't pretty. Toyota was smart and put that fuse in there to save the alternator.

[@int53185]

Those aftermarket remote starts and alarms really play havoc with electrical systems. I once worked on a car that had a remote start installed...only it was a stick! Guess what happened when the car was left in park?! A do it yourself self driving car!

[@andreasmaltcke117]

This 120A fuse was probably not burnt, in my opinion the original cause is mechanical damage. Bad design, high stress and vibration - the result is a crack that eventually "burns" at the current below the nominal. A fuse burnt by too much current has a distinctly large trace of arc / discharge. Fuses mounted in this way (screws / nuts) are relatively often damaged mechanically, without any cause on the electrical side. Poor design, too much plastic ;-P I see sometimes such fuse damage, especially on fuses mounted to the battery clamp (main fuses, high current). European style, often combined with a pyrotechnic switch.

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

Good thought here! I think you are very likely correct. Keeping this in mind, I think the original problem with the vehicle was this 120A fuse, and all of the rest of these issues were simply engineered into it. Thanks for your input!

[@andreasmaltcke117]

As you look at other Toyota fuse boxes, you will notice some difference with the main power cable connection. It is not hanging on the fuse, it is bolted to the box itself. I do not know whether in all models, but mostly it looks like. Scion is a low-cost brand, so it cuts costs exactly everywhere. Two cents here, two cents there (100,000 times a year or more) and we start talking about serious money. BTW Symptoms of this type of damage (cracking of the main fuse) may disappear for some time. For example, a cold engine does not start one day and the next day or after an hour everything works. Or almost everything (no battery charging, light disappearing, etc). (Google translate, sorry)

[@waynegendron9402]

Nice job Bro.

[@hbenred1384]

great video thanks lot

[@markferraro5250]

way to hang in there joe great video thanks

[@halleffect1]

so easy to go down the wrong path, but overall very good job.

[@martinarrieta7779]

grasias por la clase muy profesional

[@pinpointautomotiverepair1592]

¡Gracias! Me alegro que hays disfrutado.

[@nickv4073]

Tip: missing fuse? Check the floor boards. 9 times out of 10, you'll find it.

[@billyr9840]

Nice !

[@jamesdickson3616]

You done very well mate ,👍what a head fuck of a task

[@unclechaz8426]

I am not usually a complainer, But, your electrical diagnostic skills definately need a lot of help. This was a very simple multi circuits system to diagnose and fix. You were all over the place in your diagnostic procedure. I am sure with more experience and time you will get better. I am a retired 50 + year tech.

[@sara78130]

thanks all vid good

[@wranglercjseven69]

just went through the same exact thing on mine and i mean exact all same fuses

[@southtexasheat]

👍👍👍👍

[@richardcranium5839]

well it is not a basket case in my eyes . seen much much worse. but when you deal with customers ......... and you still have hair lol. well done.

[@deepsquat600]

ummmm I dont think you can LOOK at a fuse and say it is good ..I had 2 fuses in my radio circuit today that looked good.. but when I ran a continuity check with my volt meter.. no good ...