Threw a P0710 code today..... (1 Viewer)

[98 SNAKE EATER]

Was heading out to Montauk Point this morning got a CEL

Scanner came up with a P0710 (trans temp sensor malfunction)

No drivability issues, so I cleared it, but it immediately came back

Crawled underneath and found a broken wire on the connector for the temp sensor (probably happened when I was pressure washing it yesterday)

Been searching for a matching pigtail and found several that appear to be correct, but they're all listed as generic Toyota "coolant temp sensor"

Can anyone confirm that these are compatible?

 

[ToyotaDon]

Those shapes are not the same. Your connector is more rounded.

 

[ToyotaDon]

I looked at the EWD for a 2000 model year Cruiser, which has a list of the connector part numbers.

For the 1997 A/T Sensor, the designation is A3 and it looks like this.

The 2000 A/T Sensor is called A7 and looks like this. Its part number from Toyota is shown below.

From Toyota, those parts usually come as bare connectors and you will need the pigtail or a terminal. For what it's worth, just replacing that terminal is also an option, keeping the original connector.

 

[98 SNAKE EATER]

Thanks for the info

This one arrived today

If it fits, I'll solder it up tomorrow

The original wiring is already short, so I'd rather add a pigtail than deal with pinning a bare connector

 

[98 SNAKE EATER]

Good to go again

 

[ToyotaDon]

Good to go again

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So, where did you source the connector? Did that part number help at all?

 

[98 SNAKE EATER]

Amazon

I just copied the number you gave me and a bunch popped up

 

[alia176]

Amazon has every-freaking-thing!!!!

 

[98 SNAKE EATER]

So here's sumthin interesting

All has been well since the new plug install with no codes

But last weekend, my wife found the original plug sitting the cupholder of my daily beater and while I was explaining to her what it was, I noticed one of the sensor pins had broken off inside it

Odd that it didn't throw any codes (I figure it might be a redundant ground wire), but I ordered a new sensor anyways

Threw it in this morning and sure enough the pin on the original sensor was missing

Good to go again.....

 

[ToyotaDon]

Pin 2 is the signal wire back to the ECM (Red-white wire). Pin 1 is the ground, which is shared by other sensors such as the engine temp and TPS (Brown-black wire). With this information, it is odd that the code did not come back. My thought is that the criteria for actually determining this circuit is faulty may have never been met since you cleared the code after the last repair. The code description says the engine has to be operating for at least 15 minutes before an open circuit can be detected. It does not specify, but some codes also require "2-trips" before turning on the MIL.

 

[98 SNAKE EATER]

Yeah, I haven't had any codes since the new connector with over 10 or so drive cycles

Currently working on the 3 switches on the T-Case

T-Case CDL Position Switch plug wiring?

1997 TLC Factory Locked CDL Switch 7-Pin mod I was out at the beach earlier today and wanted to exercise all 3 lockers as I usually do :steer: Hit the CDL switch and heard the relay click in the kick panel, but the light on the dash didn't light up instantly like it usually does :confused...

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All seems well, but I'm gunna order a new Neutral Position switch and throw it in anyways cause it tested a little wonky on the meter