So my Ecm is fried, I need to know if I can’ get one from junk yard for now, I know that the vin won’t be to my van,,, but it will work as long as eng and trans are same, true?
which models of dodge might have the same eng trans as mine?
mine is 2000 van 1500
vin 2B6HB11Y1YK131508

thank you so much

 

It should, Air bag, and abs may not work till you get the vin flashed though. Needs to be same year, engine, trans.

 

is there no range of years between the different dodge vehicles with the same eng trans configuration?

 

You might be able to get away with 2000-2003, but, there were many small changes, that would prevent it from working properly. 99 and older certainly won't work, Not sure how much newer you can go.

 

As long as the part numbers on the two ECMs match no programming is required. Yes the wrong VIN will show up on a code scan but it won't affect any operation of the ECM.

 

He also lives in CA so they will be different than most(4 02's duel cats etc).

 

This company helped me, they're based in Stockton CA. Very good customer service and shipped a new pcm within a week

our local mechanic had scanned and fixed a glitch for me but told me the compter failed/failing and for me to get it replaced and he'd diagnose afterward at no extra cost to me, so

I had originally gone through Napa auto parts for a replacement, they use cardone. Took well over a month to supposedly repair, flash my vin and return. installed it and the van wouldn't even start... It would spit and sputter, fuel pump continuously primed and ran and relays were posessed it seemed. So It was returned and waited more months only to find out it was somehow lost in shipping!

A local salvage yard passed me the number to the following company... http://car-computers.com/

I explained what had happened and they waived me sending a core, did my purchase and shippng info and a week or so later my PCM and it worked just fine

Anyway if looking for a good outfit for replacement PCM I'd recommend http://car-computers.com/ good luck!

 

well guys, I bought a replacement pcm from a place in riverside and showed up like super fast… i installed it, and the van starts up every time now… I am getting two codes one of which is “misfire detected on cilender 1”, when I am 8 the van and ores t(e gas I can feel it missing. If it isn’t the plug or wire what ele would cause this?

 

Distributor cap, injector, or wiring..... Pull the plug, see what it looks like.

 

Fuel injector, burn valve, broken piston or piston ring. Your first step should be a leak-down or compression test to determine if the cylinder is holding pressure as well as the others.