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Originally Posted by stlgrym3
One downside for ecutek is once flashed, the trace will be detectable in ECU unlike OpenFlash you can completely remove it before going to dealer for warranty works. Is this true? Any way to get around it?
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Sigh.....
To be "able to tell" if a car is tuned will require more equipment that a dealer has. They certainly can't connect to the ECU and it tells them that a car is tuned.
The EcuTek license will remain in the ECU so this could be picked up by forensic checking of the ECU but this is not something the dealers would do, but Subaru/Toyota. If an EcuTek tune is on the ECU then the dealers will not be able to re-flash the car. If you flash a stock ROM on with EcuTek this is not the case but then if the dealer flash over it you will lose the EcuTek license. Then again if the dealer flashes over an OFT file then you could have your CalID changed and cause issues with the marrying of the device.
TBH I don't know why you'd bother to go back to stock, I never did on my car. Then again the US dealers seem more likely to reject claims....