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Old Mar 28, 2017 | 10:44 AM
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I am sure this has been discussed a million times.

Any preferences on a device?

How do they affect warranty?

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I use inTune i2. Some say dealer can tell some say they can't.

Had the car flashed after I put it back to stock, they didn't say anything.
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I use inTune i2. Some say dealer can tell some say they can't.

Had the car flashed after I put it back to stock, they didn't say anything.
I understand flashing to be reprogrammed, in this case, back to stock.
Was that something you did with the device?
Or did you take it somewhere?
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Originally Posted by dckotwicki
I understand flashing to be reprogrammed, in this case, back to stock.
Was that something you did with the device?
Or did you take it somewhere?

I believe his response meant:

He had a canned tune in the car.

He pulled the canned tune when he went to the dealer and put it back to stock.

The dealer did not go ape **** and scream about the ECM being tuned or traces of a tune.

The dealer did a flash of the ECM to do some update.

The owner then probably put the tune back in to the ECM.

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Eureka! Sorry if I was unclear. Update at the dealer was for the TCM but they did the ECM also.

I put the car back to stock before going to the dealer.

inTune didn't recognize the TCM so I couldn't tune it.

Had the TCM updated at the dealer who updated the ECM also.

inTune still didn't recognize the TCM so I downloaded the file from the car and sent it to Diablosport.

a few days later they sent me an email of a file for the TCM. I then updated the device and tuned the transmission.

All is good now so far. Firmer shifts feels much better.

Support at Diablosport has been good so far for me.

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