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kenholl
Its my side of the garage
This is the type of thing that I keep telling everyone who posts about being afraid of "losing warranty". Heck, the service manager at my dealership drives an F250 with a Superchips tuner...and TALKS ABOUT IT!!!
A lot of what you read on here is HYPERBOLE! Many of the Ford dealerships sell/install multiple brands of tuners themselves!
A dealer will fix your truck, no matter what, if they can find a way to get paid by the warranty corp. Why would they risk selling you a future truck over something that they could have made happen under warranty???
I hear ya kenholl.
When my 7.3 was still under warranty, My Dealer didn't have a problem at all doing Warranty work, with the Mods I had done. I was up-front with them about them, they could see and understand that I had only let inhale & exhale better and hadn't done anything >extreme< to Fuel Mapping. Just made it run more efficiently.
Again.. It's finding the Right Dealer.
Heck.. I did some of my Mods, to the Service Managers 02, in 03, at his request, after he test drove mine after some warranty work, he was impressed with the way my 2K, sounded and ran.
He has since, steered some 7.3 Mod business, my way.
When my 7.3 was still under warranty, My Dealer didn't have a problem at all doing Warranty work, with the Mods I had done. I was up-front with them about them, they could see and understand that I had only let inhale & exhale better and hadn't done anything >extreme< to Fuel Mapping. Just made it run more efficiently.
Again.. It's finding the Right Dealer.
Heck.. I did some of my Mods, to the Service Managers 02, in 03, at his request, after he test drove mine after some warranty work, he was impressed with the way my 2K, sounded and ran.
He has since, steered some 7.3 Mod business, my way.
Flopster843
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With the SCT, if you leave your truck tuned it will be detected (duh) but if you set it back to stock before you take it in, it will set a "hidden" code that does not turn on the engine light. However, this code is the same one you get for disconnecting the batteries for any length of time. It has something to do with the computer erasing the history from itself (can't remember the exact number or description at the moment). This code will clear itself after several driving cycles, after the computer has re-learned everything.
So the over all answer to the question "can a tuner be detected" as far as I know, is no. But there are several items that can lead a dealer to suspect one has been and therefore give probable cause. Such as the memory code, a few connectors cleaner than the others (meaning they have been tapered with by means of an external box), sensors installed for gauges, etc. I know on the 7.3s dealers would look at the pins on the computer to see if they were extra clean to tell if a chip was plugged in. It's a risk you take if you want to tune your truck.
So the over all answer to the question "can a tuner be detected" as far as I know, is no. But there are several items that can lead a dealer to suspect one has been and therefore give probable cause. Such as the memory code, a few connectors cleaner than the others (meaning they have been tapered with by means of an external box), sensors installed for gauges, etc. I know on the 7.3s dealers would look at the pins on the computer to see if they were extra clean to tell if a chip was plugged in. It's a risk you take if you want to tune your truck.
Exactly, unfortunately, or local dealer is not user friendly.
Dealers are like a consignment shop. They hold the ford name and pay for it and are given guide lines to follow. The dealers can tune and lift the truck at there cost not fords. This is a really big gray area dealer like to play in.
04superduty
SDD Junior Member
My friend is actually a ford inspector. Only about 10% of ford inspectors will ever be able to tell if you have a programmer on the truck. My truck had its head gaskest blown, and needed new rod and piston, and they warrantied the truck. The only way a ford inspector will ever come out if the dealer goes over there spending limit. It always depends on the dealer ship and how big they are. Some have a spending limit of 10,000 before a inspector comes out to void your warranty. And even if one does come out 90% chance your warranty wont get voided especially if you just set the truck back to stock with the programmer...
The above is why a "Programmer/Tuner/Scanner" might be the way to go, for some.
Reprogramming/retuning the PCM, thru the DIN plug under the Dash, leaves No >Visual< signs of modification.
5 minutes of following a few Prompts to Tune in a little Power, or re-setting back to Stock for a Dealer visit is a nice feature, IMO.
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no-red 6 0
Senioritis
my 2cents/input/ser.mgr. said so input:
he told me TO put a 4" exhaust and chip/tuner in it. he said they install predator. told him i wanted sct and he said he would just like to see the programs before he would sign off on it. kinda told him what 3 i wanted and said it did not sound like no big deal. i just need to come up w/ the scratch.....
maxtor: the possible better solution would be to move out of cali.....hahah
he told me TO put a 4" exhaust and chip/tuner in it. he said they install predator. told him i wanted sct and he said he would just like to see the programs before he would sign off on it. kinda told him what 3 i wanted and said it did not sound like no big deal. i just need to come up w/ the scratch.....
maxtor: the possible better solution would be to move out of cali.....hahah
GO BIG
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So a local dealer down here sells athe SCT and banks programers. You do need to buy and have that dealer install the tuner not to void your warranty.
