DP stranded me
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I have had the same problem with my F5 also Jorge- https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/7...pod-gauge.html
Liquid Electrical tape has fixed mine so far.
Liquid Electrical tape has fixed mine so far.
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So I finish painting our new office and go across the street to the True Value to price some base molding. My truck dies going across the road, I managed to get it fired up just enough to limp into the parking lot. After checking EVERYTHING I decide to finally use my spare CPS (black one) I figured it finally gave out and FTE knowledge will payoff. True to what I read here 10mins later I was done, still no fire. I had called Costco to come rescue me in the meantime. It was quite a fiasco since they said I wasn't a member and I was staring at my costco card. So once they figure it out and apply my executive discount ( 
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) and send out the tow truck, now 2hrs into it. I get home the tow guy says now that your home it will probably fire right up. I told him with my luck it will. Rewind back to the True Value lot, I had checked my DP since the conection had come loose and killed the truck before. It was still lit up and moved through the programs fine so I diagnosed everything else.....in my driveway I decide to check the plug one more time and guess what.....it had come loose about 1/8", just enough to not let the truck fire. What a nightmare. EVERYONE CHECK YOUR DP CONNECTIONS PERIODICALLY. In the end I am getting a $25 refund from Costco (since they didnt have my membership discount fully applied) Free roadside and windshield repair, Free lockout and window replacement on my home policy, and I saved a couple of gallons of fuel from the tow from our store. That connection is my only gripe about the DP tuner! Once again EVERYONE CHECK YOUR DP CONNECTIONS PERIODICALLY.This is not common at all. My chip has been in my truck since Oct. 2007 and has never came loose on me. If there is a flaw in how your cable was made or the connection we need to send you another one.
Please call me this week before 3 pm est. tomorrow and l'll get it out to you.
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For such a highly rated tuner why are we needing/having to tape/glue or otherwise secure the connections on a very expensive unit???
Kind of glad at this point that I haven't gotten one yet!!
Kind of glad at this point that I haven't gotten one yet!!
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Jorge,
This is not common at all. My chip has been in my truck since Oct. 2007 and has never came loose on me. If there is a flaw in how your cable was made or the connection we need to send you another one.
Please call me this week before 3 pm est. tomorrow and l'll get it out to you.
This is not common at all. My chip has been in my truck since Oct. 2007 and has never came loose on me. If there is a flaw in how your cable was made or the connection we need to send you another one.
Please call me this week before 3 pm est. tomorrow and l'll get it out to you.
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that's when I ordered mine and I don't own the place
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You shouldn't have to do this and anyone that has had this issue needs to call for another one to be sent to them.
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Jody's not here. I haven't been able to keep up with what's going on in the forums like I normally do.
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I meant to say why did it take so long to get your chip?
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I had to have a truck first.
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I thought I was the only one that had DP tuner connection issues. I got so frustrated with connection issues that I removed it for about 2 weeks. If I were smart enough, I would have sent it in to get looked at but I currently have so much tape on it that the black casing doesnt fit around the PCM anymore. I also have issues with the cable staying in the F5 switch as well, im not sure if its the chip, the cable, or the switch that is the issue, but its very frustratiing when the truck just looses power!