Airbag Recall

[rls82959]

oh brother........JK.........of course I'll take it in.

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[sailing220]

Yeah screw that they'll F up my tune.

[deekum1627]

i dont have tune yet so ill take it in

[GidyupGo]

I agree. Sometimes, they piggyback other items on the reflash and you come away with a sort of raped feeling.

[bmk]

http://myford.fordvehicles.com/ <- thats the myford website...


my car is also recalled with this problem.. i was going to take it in anyways next weekend because my passenger side door doesnt spring back to its original place after being pulled

[grampa_stang]

Does anyone know if this is just for a faultysensor meaning "pass airbag off" is ALWAYS lit and not detecting
a person in the seat? which is very serious.Or (pass airbag off) NOT lit up meaning the system is ALWAYS
enabled...which is fine by me. My light is always off (good thing).

Now, if they haveto reflash the PCM....

FOR PEOPLE WITH TUNES: There's some important information you should be aware of. You probably
already know this, but here it is as a reminder

Let's say you do return the car to the "stock" tune, let the dealer do their thing and then come home
to load your custom tune. BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR STRATEGY CODE FIRST. Read the following from
Doug at Bamachips:

This is a Must Read for all people adding Custom Tunes. It comes from Doug at B A M A Chips.

Hey guys, and gals....

This issue has come up a few times and I feel I need to make a post about it to help. Please feel free to pass this along to ANY forum you may post on that may have a 05-up Mustang both GT and V6..

I've had a few customers that even when they returned their vehicles to stock and went to the dealer and the dealer reflashed or updated their calibrations. When they got home they reloaded the tune into their vehicle and it wouldn't start. Also, when they tried to return the vehicle to stock it wouldn't start.

Explaination....

When the dealer updated their computer it then changed the Calibration code inside the PCM. Unlike 04 and earlier models the X-calibrator didn't see this as a new vehicle and simply deleted the tune that the dealer installed and wrote the old program on the PCM. This old tune doesn't have the same settings and this causes the car not to start, to put it in simple terms.

Now for the bad part, being that it deleted the tune file that the dealer has installed it wont start. Returning the vehicle to stock doesn't work either because all you are doing is returning it to the factory program from the intial tune.

In other words, the dealer would have to reflash the new code into the PCM again.

Now, Prevention.....

The first thing you need to do when you get your X-calibrator in is to goto " Read DTC menu" and then scroll down to " Read Strategy" and read this information from your car. Then write this down somewhere secure, like inside the X-calibrator box.

Then, if you have to take your car in for service first check your strategy by doing the above after returning it to stock. Take it in for service and when you get the car back BEFORE uploading a tune Read the strategy again and compare it to the one you had before taking it in for service.

If they match then simply install the tunes and drive away happy.

If they do not match then DO NOT install the tuner but rather contact your SCT dealer and give them the new Strategy code and get some new tunes for your new code.

Every dealer CAN email these to you, not every dealer WILL email these to you.


On 05's I've not had any problems with this because the main codes for the 05's haven't truly been updated. This has truly began with the 06's.

Below are a few Strategy codes and the Calibration codes for which they stand for.....

Strategy = Calibration

06'S

FBNF1G3 = TJF1 = This code updates to= FBNF1GA = TSG0 ** Updated 2/7**

FBNE0G5 = GYX1

FBLF152 = VDX1 = This code updates to = FBLF1G2 = SRV0 **Updated 12/06*

FBLE0G3 = FTV1

07'S

FOAF054 = TZZ2

FPAF053 = TNJ2

FOAF0A4 = KHK2

FPAF0A3 = XZE2

Nothing has been updated for 07' yet....

The Above are all GT's,

[jmk3]

Mine does not come up on the list, Mine is an 06 with ecm code VDX1

[tdbrown75]

ORIGINAL: jmk3


Mine does not come up on the list, Mine is an 06 with ecm code VDX1

That's funny, mine does and it's an 06 with ecm code VDX1!

Tim

[grampa_stang]

ORIGINAL: tdbrown75

Software update = computer reprogramming? The tuners are going to be miffed over this one if that's the case!

Tim

Sheesh....as I was typing up my post, you guys sneak 3 posts in. But you're right. They'll have to email
everyone new tunes with the new stategy/calibration code.

[sailing220]

If I bring my car to the dealer, leaving intake etc. on (meaning when I leave the dealer I will NEED the tune), and they reflash it with a new strategy, what do I do??