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Old 10-22-2018, 06:26 PM   #6
tom's2005gto
 
Drives: 2016 2SS A8 Convertible
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Nashville, TN.
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Originally Posted by cmitchell17 View Post
If you purchase a spare TCM that's already unlocked from HPT, that TCM would still required to be programmed with your cars VIN number. So unfortunately you would need a GM TIS subscription in order to program your VIN to this new TCM, so yes that means you would have to pay a dealer to do it. That's where the world is heading with all these do gooders pushing driverless cars and other stuff its going to basically eliminate vehicle customization and tuning, turning them into basically iphones. This makes me want to get away from GM products, since I always though they were the least "locked down" apparently not though, but I believe every other manufacture is on board as well.

The HPT website requires that you provide vin. Hopefully they are coding that in prior to shipping????
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