I will want experts in the house to help. For weeks now my toyota matrix 2005 has had starting issue. It will cramk but wont start. But sometimes it will start. The electricians have tried to find the problem but no solution. They've made me change the brain box but the problem is persisting... any expert advice pls will be very helpful. Thanks

BishopSal:
I will want experts in the house to help. For weeks now my toyota matrix 2005 has had starting issue. It will cramk but wont start. But sometimes it will start. The electricians have tried to find the problem but no solution. They've made me change the brain box but the problem is persisting... any expert advice pls will be very helpful. Thanks

Hello sir. So many things can cause a car not to start. But first my advice is to go and run a scan on it. And if yot want an home service for the scanning let me know

Pls where is your location. I am in Taraba and I'm not sure we have scanners here. Let me hear from you

BishopSal:
Pls where is your location. I am in Taraba and I'm not sure we have scanners here. Let me hear from you

. Taraba! Sir am in lagos oh. If you can get a well equipped workshop that has modern diagnostic tools to help you out. Thank you

BishopSal:
I will want experts in the house to help. For weeks now my toyota matrix 2005 has had starting issue. It will cramk but wont start. But sometimes it will start. The electricians have tried to find the problem but no solution. They've made me change the brain box but the problem is persisting... any expert advice pls will be very helpful. Thanks

Since you have no scanner around you, it would be difficult to pin point the problem. I had a similar problem with starting my corolla and most auto electricians were asking me to change the brain box but I doubted them.
I solved mine by changing the crankshaft position sensor and Coolant temperature sensor and I've had no problem ever since. Make sure you also have a good battery and your injectors are in good condition.

BishopSal:
I will want experts in the house to help. For weeks now my toyota matrix 2005 has had starting issue. It will cramk but wont start. But sometimes it will start. The electricians have tried to find the problem but no solution. They've made me change the brain box but the problem is persisting... any expert advice pls will be very helpful. Thanks

Get a electrician that knows how to handle basic multimeter with knowledge of basic electrical and give me a call ,i can give you a remote support in my spare time .

blackwood:

Since you have no scanner around you, it would be difficult to pin point the problem. I had a similar problem with starting my corolla and most auto electricians were asking me to change the brain box but I doubted them.
I solved mine by changing the crankshaft position sensor and Coolant temperature sensor and I've had no problem ever sseeo have a good battery and your injectors are in good condition.

I respectfully disagree ,scanner is just like other tools to increase the efficiency of doing work .Too much emphasise on this scanner thing self ,it is the human brain that diagnose, analyse and fix and not tools . Scanner and other diagnoses tool are mere data retrieval for human analysis. Atimes your scanner is even useless at certain situations or cannot even access the system or is throwing codes not related to the problem or is not one complaint and so what do you do in those situations?You go back to the basics to fix the issue .
If a techie is unable to fix a certain issue it is not due to lack of owning a good scanner or other tools but due to lack of basic understanding of the problem
If the basic foundational knowledge of "known good data " is known then the rest is easy .

autologic:

I respectfully disagree ,scanner is just like other tools to increase the efficiency of doing work .Too much emphasise on this scanner thing self ,it is the human brain that diagnose, analyse and fix and not tools . Scanner and other diagnoses tool are mere data retrieval for human analysis. Atimes your scanner is even useless at certain situations or cannot even access the system or is throwing codes not related to the problem or is not one complaint and so what do you do in those situations?You go back to the basics to fix the issue .
If a techie is unable to fix a certain issue it is not due to lack of owning a good scanner or other tools but due to lack of basic understanding of the problem
If the basic foundational knowledge of "known good data " is known then the rest is easy .

Thank you for your response to my little contribution but I still think having a scanner makes diagnosis one step easier.
Yes, car repairs can be done without a scanner but you have to be sure what the problem is, I once had mechanics and auto electricians misdiagnose an issue and I spent unnecessary time and money, I stumbled on an auto technician who had a scanner an the problem was fixed within 30mins.