latest reflash date
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I don't mean to hijack but I am interested in this as well. I have an '06 that is not tuned and has never been reflashed. What are the pros & cons? I heard some of the flashes were hard on FICM's (inductive heating or something like that). Should I persue this latest flash or leave well enough alone? (i have zero problems so far). I do like the idea of the wrench light for temp. spreads and the exercising of the turbo but I think I exerecise that enough already LOL!! What do ya'll think? Thanks in advance!!!
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BTW to add to this I did ask my dealer this question and the SW wasn't even familiar with the reflash. Also,I do plan on installing an Insight as soon as I can scrape up the money so the temp. spreads will be covered then. Are the chances of turbo sticking greatly reduced with this new flash vs. just "blowing her out" a couple times a week like I've been doing? The turbo is my main concern since I don't drive the truck as much as I would like to (on the weekends only). Any and all help is GREATLY appreciated!!!
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My truck is still under warranty,does this mean I don't have to pay to have this done? I thought that unless it was a recall,you would have to pay for this unless you're having trouble.Am I wrong here?
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Thanks again "bismic"! I just called my dealer and the SW told me $84.00 for the re-flash. Not too bad according to the prices I saw on here.
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BTW "bismic",would this re-flash increase my likelihood of FICM problems? I have heard the "inductive heating" came with some of the later flashes and was cause for lots of FICM failures and I'm not sure where that comes into play with these flashes. Is this something to be concerned about or do I stand to lose nothing as opposed to my current "stock '06 flash"? Sorry if I'm a pain but just want to know the facts because my dealer doesn't seem to be completely familiar with the differences in the flashes. Maybe the tech is but the SW is not,however the SW is genuinely trying to be very helpful.
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I agree that weak batteries and low system voltage are hard on FICMs. I'm not so sure about the inductive heat strategy causing FICMs to fail though. I have had numerous trucks in my bay with failed FICMs that DIDN'T have the inductive heat flash, as I'm sure many other Ford techs have. I do agree that the most current strategy has been pretty good though. Some may argue the turbo overboost and ECT/EOT correlation monitoring strategy may be a little too sensitive on the 2005 to 2007 trucks though.
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Just observation but it seems like the amount of threads reguarding FICM failures has decreased significantly since the reflash came out. Of course that could be because everyone on the board replaced their FICMs. I haven't had any trouble that could be considered "flash related" since I got it in December.
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