So a cording to the dealer the ECM has gone bad again. Not sure if I just happened to get a bad one, or if my car for some reason is frying them

 

Interpretation:
I think they are looking at the ECM, going "who the hell programmed this thing with what" and are starting anew with an OEM ECM that they will flash.

Maybe they tried a BCM relearn with the ECM that will not complete -- just like your experience w trying unsuccessfully to reset the security.

Prediction:
When they're done, putting in the new ECM and flashing it, it won't communicate w the BCM, which will then be condemned and replaced and the BCM relearn will be done then/again.

Then your car will run.
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If you want to potentially get a discount, drag this out until the end of the month. Service writers need to meet monthly service $$ quotas. Your bill will not be small, and any intelligent service writer will take 20% off the bill if he is under quota to get the 80% to count towards this month.

Don't give them any warning that payment might not happen until after you get paid on the 1st....until the last few days of the month (if they still have it)

 

I hope. The car makes a nice lawn ornament, but a rather expensive one I'd rather be driving

 

Just drive the GT Cruiser in the mean time. I drive mine damn near every day and it's an Auto stick!

 

The gt is my car so I do drive it everyday, the Saturn is my wife's car. She has been driving the suburban while hers has been down, which is not great with a 45 mile commute each way

 

It's a good thing the price of gas has dropped. Those Burbs sure do drink it!

 

Sad thing is my pt isn't much better then the burb. I only get 22-25mpg in the pt and I'm 18-20 in the burb

 

That's pretty much average mileage in the PT's. Just like the Burb, it's a heavy vehicle with an undersized engine. Doesn't matter that it's turbo. I read about people claiming 27-30 mpg out of their N/A PT's and have to call BS. If they are, then they're never getting above 45mph.

 

I sold pt cruisers when they first came out. And the claim was high but reality was low. When I first got mine I was averaging 25-27 but have since dropped in the past year or so. I have a rough idle due to a misfire in cylinder 2 I can't seam to get corrected. I keep fouling the plug and short arching the wire.

 

Join me over at ptcruiserlinks.com. I go by Chuzz there. Very informative forum for the PT.