Dealer Flashed Over SCT Program, HELP!
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Dealer Flashed Over SCT Program, HELP!
I work on my uncles 04 f-350 King Ranch PSD when he needs it. Mostly non dealer stuff, 5" MBRP turbo back with cat delete, Volant Ram Air intake, Superchips Flashpaq and so on. My uncle is not very savy when it comes to vehicles, but he decided to de-tune the truck back to stock with the SCT so he could take the truck to the thieves at the dealership to have 60,000 mile service done. he only thought he de-programed it, but actually left performance mode installed. long story short, the dealership flashed over the SCT performance program, now truck misses, smokes, lots of lag, no power! Help, what can be done to resolve this problem?
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If the dealer flashed correctly it should have overwritten everything the SCT put on so it shouldn't be an issue. Sounds to me like they screwed up the reflash. Have you tried disconnecting the battery and resetting everything?
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I removed the performance tune, changing it back to stock. The truck runs even worse now, shifting is eratic, sometime very stiff, othertimes it feels like its slipping. Truck has a very noticable misfire just off idle through about 60% throttle after it gets to opp temp.
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ORRRR take it to a different dealer that actually knows how to flash the computers instead of going back to the one that screwed your rig up the first time.
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My thoughts on this. Is why pay twice for the same job? Yes they messed it up and should make good on it. If they can't fix it the second time request refund and take it to other dealer.
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I removed the performance tune, changing it back to stock. The truck runs even worse now, shifting is eratic, sometime very stiff, othertimes it feels like its slipping. Truck has a very noticable misfire just off idle through about 60% throttle after it gets to opp temp.
Once the dealer updates your calibration level, that is your new baseline. You need new versions of your tunes as well.
Don't forget to unlock your SCT when you get the new flash in and working properly, and then save that to the SCT.
Mark
