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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 02:42 PM
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Why all the reflashing?

I have read many posts about reflashing. Can somone explain why and when to have your vehicle reflashed? ...and what it does?

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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 03:07 PM
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A reflash is the cure for everything! So they think (FORD)
 
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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 04:47 PM
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As in re flashing the firmware for the computer?

Was this a recall or something that happens when people bring in their trucks?
 
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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 05:09 PM
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Reflash's are usually used by the manufacture to make changes to your PCM based on updates or issues they have found. Usually you will be notified by your dealer or manufacture if your vehicle needs this.

Some reflash's you wont know about untill your vehicle demonstrates a certain problem and you take it to the dealer. The dealer might have a TSB on your issue that requires a reflash for updates and so on.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 05:13 PM
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There has only been two reflashes issued by ford for the 6.4.

One was a re-call and one was thru a TSB. If you had the first you did not need the second.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 05:21 PM
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Are you sure only 2 The first was for fire. I had done The second was high idle, regen thing. I had that done. and just the last time in Jan 10th I had another that took!
So must have been an update. So that is 3 updates. The second one I had done twice I don't no how but I had a lose of power and bad shifts and they said it took it.
 
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Originally Posted by Tom Hoffman
Are you sure only 2 The first was for fire. I had done The second was high idle, regen thing. I had that done. and just the last time in Jan 10th I had another that took!
So must have been an update. So that is 3 updates. The second one I had done twice I don't no how but I had a lose of power and bad shifts and they said it took it.
The fire issue was caused by faulty injectors damaged at the factory when they were exposed to reverse polarity during testing. This problem combined with the prior regen tuning caused the fire issue.

FSA (RECALL) 07S49 8-15-07 PCM reprogram

TSB 07-17-03 Issued for truck built before 7-30-07

There has only been 2.
 
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