Disable PCM re-flashes :)
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From: Nebraska
Originally Posted by i.ride.suzuki
Ok, so say i have strat file TEJF4P5 in my truck right now. A new update is out: TEJF4P2. The dealer hooks up to IDS, flashes PCM. I now have TEJF4P2 in my truck and TEJF4P5 on the device. I now have a locked flash device because when i try and right back to stock, i can't because the stat. files are not the same. Or if i did write back to stock i would need new tunes because of the same instance.
TEJF4P2=TEJF4P2
TEJF4P5=TEJF4P5
TEJF4P2=TEJF4P2
TEJF4P5=TEJF4P5
Ok ok, so when the dealer reflashes it, they change your strategy code, NOT just the 4 digit PCM code?
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Originally Posted by Bartak1
Ok ok, so when the dealer reflashes it, they change your strategy code, NOT just the 4 digit PCM code?
Dat sumbitch 4 digit code don't never change ... nosirree.....
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From: DFW
Originally Posted by Hitched_Gibson
I just called my local dealership and asked about it. They only do it when there is a problem that pops up in "Oasis" apparently a system they use. But all you gtta do is tell them and they will not jack with it. So says the service manager at Gullo Ford.
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Originally Posted by Patman03SprCrw
yea oasis is a program they use that runs VIN#s to see if there are any TSB's or Recalls etc, also gives any previous work done on the vehicle. kinda like a carfax report
And iffin' ya got a Troyer Performance sticker on yer rear window ( good fer ~10rwhp, lol), they's got a JPEG of that thang stored as well.
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From: Fairbanks, AK
Originally Posted by MGDfan
I always said you wuz a right smart l'il whippersnapper, boy!
Dat sumbitch 4 digit code don't never change ... nosirree.....
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Dat sumbitch 4 digit code don't never change ... nosirree.....
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Originally Posted by Hitched_Gibson
So, the tuners that customize only on the 4 digit code do not need to be rewritten if there is a reflash? That sounds about right.
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From: Fairbanks, AK
Originally Posted by MGDfan
No, hitch - the PCM 'box' code - the 4 digit one, stays the same for the life of the PCM. It can, however, contain many strategy revisions from the original one as-shipped. Refer to Suzook's post above to reiterate the potential effects of a reflash.
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From: Minnesota
Originally Posted by MGDfan
Why, a' course ya cain! This ain't Russia - Lordy ya got a thick one, boy!
So let me ask this again...and yes I am seriously asking this because I dont know. I can bring it in to any Ford dealership and they will do warranty work on it no questions asked even though i didnt purchase the truck from them? Because I guy on here mentioned something about a different dealer trying to sell him an Edge so obviously they dont mind tunes...I might have to hook up with them.
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Originally Posted by Hitched_Gibson
I read that post. Maybe I'm just out of it. 430 am in Kuwait. Troyer tunes based on the 7-digit strategy code. VMP uses ony the 4-digit box code. That being said, along with the 4-digit code not changing, one would think you would not need reprogrammed.
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Here's the excerpt, hitch:
Originally Posted by Superchips_Distributor
One last point on this issue of whether a 4-digit catchword (what come call a box code or a "computer code) actually identifies the full 7-digit strategy in tuning software - no, it does NOT always do that. There are in fact error in tuning software databases, as well as in Ford databases that do this, we have seen this numerous times. Another point as any truly experienced F-150 tuner would know, just for example, is that the ODAL1 strategy family is found in lot OF 2001 thru 2003 4.2 V6 F-150's, 4.6 V8 F-150's, and 5.4 F-150's!! So it is obviously NOT true that you can get a no-start or other problems only on the 2004 & newer F-150 from using something less than a full 7-digit strategy match.
