Is my poor Scarlet Jynxed?
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From: Bear, Delaware
And so..... it continues guys 
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2/19/13 (A.M.)- placed an order at 5-Star tuning for a new Livewire TS 5015. I ordered three custom tunes. A 91 performance, a 91 Tow, and an 89 performance. At about 4:45 P.M. that afternoon I check my emails and 5-Star sent me an email with an attachment with my receipt for my brand new Xcal 3 tuner. WAIT! I ordered a Livewire! Called and got it cleared up in time before they sent the wrong one out......whew.
3/01/13 - Put the Livewire in the truck, saved the stock tune and downloaded the 91 performance tune. Works great! All is good.... until the next day. While I was out doing some errands, I happened to look over at the screen on the Livewire and the screen has frozen (I have it set on the gauges with the tach, engine temp, intake temp.). No matter what button I push it stays frozen. Even shutting off and restarting the truck doesn't work. I had to unplug the unit to "Unfreeze" it. It has frozen at least five more times since then. Am awaiting a reply from SCT. 5-Star seems to think I need an update.
Also on 3/01/13 - Had my new KMC skitch rims and Cooper AT3 tires installed. That was all good......until...
3/05/13 - I took a trip out to West Virginia towing my Polaris Ranger behind me. So I switched to the 91 Tow tune. About 30 mins. into the trip, my Low Tire Pressure warning light comes on. Just what I needed. Now I've probably got a bad sensor. And then about an 1 1/2 hours into the trip. I notice that the trucks gas mileage is really bad. I mean I'm getting at least 2mpg less than what I usually get on this trip. Halfway there I usually stop at a rest area on rt. 70 past Frederick, MD., that is about 3/4 up a mountain. When I left the rest area I had to nail the throttle to get the darn thing up the rest of the mountain. Power seemed to be really down after that. When I finally get to my place in WV, I had black sooty exhaust pipes and used a lot more gas.
SO, I need to (1)- get my Tow tune fixed, (2)- get the Livewire tuner screen freeze issue fixed, (3)- Find which sensor (I hope) is bad in which tire.
. 2/19/13 (A.M.)- placed an order at 5-Star tuning for a new Livewire TS 5015. I ordered three custom tunes. A 91 performance, a 91 Tow, and an 89 performance. At about 4:45 P.M. that afternoon I check my emails and 5-Star sent me an email with an attachment with my receipt for my brand new Xcal 3 tuner
. WAIT! I ordered a Livewire! Called and got it cleared up in time before they sent the wrong one out......whew.3/01/13 - Put the Livewire in the truck, saved the stock tune and downloaded the 91 performance tune. Works great! All is good.... until the next day. While I was out doing some errands, I happened to look over at the screen on the Livewire and the screen has frozen (I have it set on the gauges with the tach, engine temp, intake temp.). No matter what button I push it stays frozen. Even shutting off and restarting the truck doesn't work. I had to unplug the unit to "Unfreeze" it. It has frozen at least five more times since then. Am awaiting a reply from SCT. 5-Star seems to think I need an update.
Also on 3/01/13 - Had my new KMC skitch rims and Cooper AT3 tires installed. That was all good......until...
3/05/13 - I took a trip out to West Virginia towing my Polaris Ranger behind me. So I switched to the 91 Tow tune. About 30 mins. into the trip, my Low Tire Pressure warning light comes on. Just what I needed. Now I've probably got a bad sensor. And then about an 1 1/2 hours into the trip. I notice that the trucks gas mileage is really bad. I mean I'm getting at least 2mpg less than what I usually get on this trip. Halfway there I usually stop at a rest area on rt. 70 past Frederick, MD., that is about 3/4 up a mountain. When I left the rest area I had to nail the throttle to get the darn thing up the rest of the mountain. Power seemed to be really down after that. When I finally get to my place in WV, I had black sooty exhaust pipes and used a lot more gas.
SO, I need to (1)- get my Tow tune fixed, (2)- get the Livewire tuner screen freeze issue fixed, (3)- Find which sensor (I hope) is bad in which tire.
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From: Houston and College Station, TX
Screw the luck, you're getting hosed by the dealer! Stop taking your truck to people that don't even do the very simple things you ask them to do. I'd stop giving them my business, period. All of that is unbelievably unprofessional. That truck certainly has a very bad vibe going on with it. But, hopefully it's a "Marley and Me" scenario where the reasons you hate her and the reasons why you love her.