Ecutek flash & warranty

[regal]

Originally Posted by xjohnx

FWIW, the BRZEdit guys are able to reflash ECUtek tuned ECU's as long as the ECUtek tuned ECU is flashed back to the stock rom before flashing with BRZedit.

Then that must mean its not EcuTek encrypted which is a good thing.

[3000HP]

Im not really interested in using other software to tune, Ecutek is really cool software and has alot of cool features. if i can flash back to stock and the dealership cant trace how many times the ecu has been flashed, then its fine with me. i wanna keep the warranty for a year at least and enjoy the car as much as i can. before i do the turbo upgrade .

Please share your experience with the subject.

[86_ZN6]

Originally Posted by 3000HP

Im not really interested in using other software to tune, Ecutek is really cool software and has alot of cool features. if i can flash back to stock and the dealership cant trace how many times the ecu has been flashed, then its fine with me. i wanna keep the warranty for a year at least and enjoy the car as much as i can. before i do the turbo upgrade .

Please share your experience with the subject.

my car has a turbo. iv been do the dealer to do some work and no problems.

it really comes down to the dealer. if you find a mod friendly dealer then you're fine.

[3000HP]

Originally Posted by 86_ZN6

my car has a turbo. iv been do the dealer to do some work and no problems.

it really comes down to the dealer. if you find a mod friendly dealer then you're fine.

did you do any warranty repair and had a turbo in there?

[86_ZN6]

Originally Posted by 3000HP

did you do any warranty repair and had a turbo in there?

Yup ecu flash tsb

[3000HP]

Originally Posted by 86_ZN6

Yup ecu flash tsb

thats a really friendly dealer you got there. lol however i dont think they will be that friendly if you show up for an engine related warranty repair. something like injectors and seals or HPFP.

[86_ZN6]

Originally Posted by 3000HP

thats a really friendly dealer you got there. lol however i dont think they will be that friendly if you show up for an engine related warranty repair. something like injectors and seals or HPFP.

As a matter of fact, i have a friend with a turbo as well and having cam issues. Dealer said, take out the turbo (because it is on the way of the cams) and we will work on the warranty.

If the turbo was not by thw cam they will work on it with the turbo on there.

[3000HP]

Originally Posted by 86_ZN6

As a matter of fact, i have a friend with a turbo as well and having cam issues. Dealer said, take out the turbo (because it is on the way of the cams) and we will work on the warranty.

If the turbo was not by thw cam they will work on it with the turbo on there.

You guys have an awesome dealer, i wish its like this around here. i might try my luck with Ecutek flash and see how it goes.

[regal]

Originally Posted by FR-S Matt

Flash it back to stock. They'll never know.

Confirmed now that if you have an ECuTek flash your warranty is history (even if you "flash back to stock" .) "flash back to stock" is a BS term coined by visconti and my emails to EcuTek confirmed they don't have such a feature with their software.

See: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...8182&postcount

[Foobar]

Originally Posted by regal

Confirmed now that if you have an ECuTek flash your warranty is history (even if you "flash back to stock" .) "flash back to stock" is a BS term coined by visconti and my emails to EcuTek confirmed they don't have such a feature with their software.

See: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...8182&postcount

Visconti can take blame for a lot of things, but I don't think the ECUTek "stock" reflash is solely his doing. Other ECUTek tuners provide the exact same reflash.

Further, it was never a secret that it was never a truly stock file - your license remains after all. It was merely an unlocked file with stock factory maps but still encoded with the ECUTek license marker.

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[Laika]

Originally Posted by Rombinhood@OpenFlash

But the real question is if you are able to run any other flash tune. In my experience, as long as this license in the ECU, the ECU cannot be read or written over. Which essentially means that you have to use Ecutek regardless of what other flash tuning options come out in the future. Years back this caused a bit problem for them in the Subaru market because this came a surprise to the customers who didn't realize that their ECUs was locked to Ecutek, even when it was flashed back to "stock". These users actually had to ship their ECUs back to Ecutek UK to get the license removed and ECU restored to 100% factory code.

Too lazy to read more posts but I have had the ECU written over by the dealer after flashing back to stock. No issues.

I did lose the ecutek license but Visconti fixed that for me upon showing him the paperwork.

[Kodename47]

Originally Posted by regal

Confirmed now that if you have an ECuTek flash your warranty is history (even if you "flash back to stock" .) "flash back to stock" is a BS term coined by visconti and my emails to EcuTek confirmed they don't have such a feature with their software.

See: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...8182&postcount

You should become a farmer with your love of spreading s**t.

While this is true, the same can be said about any of the ECU flash tuning platforms. You can flash back to a "like stock" file/config but it will never be truly like your original ROM. Anyone with half a brain would realise that. If anyone is honestly worried about ECU flashing and warranty, then just don't do it in the 1st place. Easy....

Much easier, I guess, to bad mouth products, the car, other people.....

[regal]

Originally Posted by Kodename47

You should become a farmer with your love of spreading s**t.

You can flash back to a "like stock" file/config but it will never be truly like your original ROM.

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Wrong. A good tuning solution doesn't write "tuner file" on the header of the "stock rom." Not all flashes are detectable, there are hundreds of people without issue on certain solutions. Guess you just don't have much experience in the area.

[Kodename47]

Originally Posted by regal

Wrong. A good tuning solution doesn't write "tuner file" on the header of the "stock rom." Not all flashes are detectable, there are hundreds of people without issue on certain solutions. Guess you just don't have much experience in the area.

Clearly not as much as you do But to find out that the header says "tuner file" you need more than the average dealership tools. Once you get into forensic investigation I'd put money on the fact that most flashing software/equipment would leave some form of trail, however insignificant.

ECUtek "stock flash" was never a fully stock map. It is, however, good enough for the dealership to read and write to the ECU. For most dealers that will be good enough to do what they need to without it being an issue which is what you need. If you've been silly to tune your car to death, no amount of flashing "back to stock" on any solution is going to help as it will be clear how the engine died.

I'm not saying that ECUtek is perfect, it's not...... but somehow I seem to get the feeling you love to scaremonger. You're not helping.... FACT.