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What cause the electronic control module to stop working. Recently, I had to have my battery disconnected and inspected by a secret service worker before entering a secured area and since then before

Nothing since the vehicle will not start at all. The dealer said it was the ECM

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Hope the secret service guy didn't hook the battery up backwards ! that could cause the module to go bad and short out !

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