11-25-2020, 09:42 AM | #1 |
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Anybody on here Brick their ecm?
I think i bricked mine while Fuel Trim logging and tuning. I was using a 2 piece tablet with keyboard attachment and i think it got bumped while writing and only got partial write. I towed the car today a few mins ago to dealer to see if they can flash the ecm, but if not i have another ecm for them to install and flash.
Also bought myself a regular laptop that isnt touch screen nor two piece so not to have any more tune write issues. Guess the plus side is its Black Friday week and got a deal on the computer. Not how I wanted to spend my Bday :(
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11-25-2020, 09:46 AM | #2 |
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ahhh man now you got me paranoid!!!!! Im going to remember to be EXTRA STILL while writing for now on. Thanks for the heads up.
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11-25-2020, 10:02 AM | #3 |
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List is $486, but guy at dealer was cool and I got it for $251. Plus another $200 to install and flash.
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Sold 2012 2LT RS 12.3@112 old setup
Sold 1967 Camaro Pro Street. Ran 10's mild BB on NOS. 2017 HyperBlue ZL1 A10 ** Born 3/17/17**Delivered 4/08/17 2020 Build: Mag2650, BTR Stage2, NW103, BG, 14% lower, 90mm upper, ARH 2" Long system w/no cats, SW Legend mufflers. **807hp/762tq on 93 gas** and **848hp/792tq on e47** Sold 2018 (Go Mango) Dodge Charger Daytona 392 Daily Driver Daily Driver 2021 BMW M340i Xdrive |
11-25-2020, 10:37 AM | #4 | |
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11-25-2020, 10:44 AM | #5 |
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No, I always log the data, drive home, review data and reflash while in the garage, under the theory - if it can go wrong it will.
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11-25-2020, 11:00 AM | #6 |
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I do the same thing. Except I hook up a battery charger to the car as well if I'm going to flash the ecm just to make sure my car battery doesn't screw me while I'm at it. I will take note of this to be extra careful since I use a surface pro with the magnetic 2 piece keyboard as well!
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11-26-2020, 11:05 AM | #7 |
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I have pulled into a parking lots, reviewed the log dat, revised tune, then flashed tune literally over a hundred times (including other vehicles) and never had a issues. Couple key things to remember.
1) No touch screen laptop. Too easy to accidently bump a wrong setting. 2) Never flash tune with less then 25% battery. 3) Set battery settings so the Laptop will never sleep or hibernate and disable any screen saver. If you do these things then chances are you will never have a issue flashing a tune on battery only. That being said OP, have you tried "writing entire" instead of a "standard write" to see if the ECU will come out of it's corrupted state?
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11-26-2020, 01:48 PM | #9 |
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I always use a mouse, set the computer on top of the car and use a mouse. I have ****ed up myself with the touch screen or the finger thingy on the laptop. Yes, full voltage when flashing. I'm like King, my Camaro was probably flashed over a 100 times in 4 years. I've already flashed my C7 probably 20 times. Its just part of it. Sorry to hear you bricked it.
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11-26-2020, 02:08 PM | #10 |
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11-26-2020, 02:42 PM | #11 |
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I cannot figure out why i cannot read my trans tune yet i can write to it. Each time i try to read trans it tells me it downloaded a stock trans tune. I wanted to do a read to make sure my settings for trans are in fact uploaded.
Any ideas?
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Sold 2012 2LT RS 12.3@112 old setup
Sold 1967 Camaro Pro Street. Ran 10's mild BB on NOS. 2017 HyperBlue ZL1 A10 ** Born 3/17/17**Delivered 4/08/17 2020 Build: Mag2650, BTR Stage2, NW103, BG, 14% lower, 90mm upper, ARH 2" Long system w/no cats, SW Legend mufflers. **807hp/762tq on 93 gas** and **848hp/792tq on e47** Sold 2018 (Go Mango) Dodge Charger Daytona 392 Daily Driver Daily Driver 2021 BMW M340i Xdrive |
11-26-2020, 03:05 PM | #12 |
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You cannot read the T87A (‘17-‘19 TCM), only write.
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11-26-2020, 05:08 PM | #13 |
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So, I can only assume my tune is there then. That is stupid!
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Sold 2012 2LT RS 12.3@112 old setup
Sold 1967 Camaro Pro Street. Ran 10's mild BB on NOS. 2017 HyperBlue ZL1 A10 ** Born 3/17/17**Delivered 4/08/17 2020 Build: Mag2650, BTR Stage2, NW103, BG, 14% lower, 90mm upper, ARH 2" Long system w/no cats, SW Legend mufflers. **807hp/762tq on 93 gas** and **848hp/792tq on e47** Sold 2018 (Go Mango) Dodge Charger Daytona 392 Daily Driver Daily Driver 2021 BMW M340i Xdrive |
11-26-2020, 05:38 PM | #14 |
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I thought the new 10 speed autos were not tunable!
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