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Originally Posted by lopro25
I believe he is referring to the question about reverting to stock and can the dealer tell its been flashed. I think somebody said the dealer can't see it but corporate Toyota or Subaru could see it (not sure how that works). But Visconti said he was going to check with a buddy of his who has dealer tools to see if he would be able to find the flash history.
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No didn't say that.
I'm just too busy to find my post and quote it.
Dealership can detect any flash.
There is no flash counter in the ECU.
The dealership inserts a flash counter in the ecu when the car gets a flash update for warranty reasons. This counter can only be moved up or down via the dealer tool. It's not the type of counter that can count when you flash the car with EcuTek tools.
So lets say you get my flash, go to the dealer for warranty work - like car keeps stalling or CEL thats not related to the tune.
You simply remove the tune and bring the car in. If they end up flashing the car all we do is READ OUT your ECU. Save it and we have two options.
1. I rewrite the tune on your NEW stock file that has contains the dealer warranty info on it.
2. Flash back the original tune file and save your new dealer rom that we just read from the ecu and save it as the new the stock file.
Remember if you bring your car in for normal service they don't check, they dont care.
These guys aren't paid to kill your warranty.
They only touch the ECU when they have to and for example - lets say you needed a motor replacement lol - this is when the dealer would run thru this check grab certain numbers that appear on the screen and email them to Subaru North America - Then only Subaru North American will know if currently has a flash on it.
I've personally worked with the Subaru dealer tool when a motor was being warrantied and when Subaru North America was on the phone asking for info. I did a bunch of testing with a flash, without a flash etc etc to see how it works. So I fully understand we needs to be done.
-John