If you flash your car can the dealership tell? Yes, they can... No, they can't.... The debate has raged on long enough!!!

Here is the answer I got back from my sources inside of Ford engineering... I even had multiple sources confirm this... I'm sure someone is going to disagree with me... however I basically went to the horse's mouth on this one...

As it stands TODAY, all the dealership can tell is the last time the computer has been reset. Notice I said reset, not reflashed. Yes, reflashing does set this reset "date". But guess what... so does disconnecting the battery! LOL! So the dealership has no way of know what caused the reset... Simply tell them you left your lights on! LOL! Or in my case the bottle heaters! Ok, so maybe not the bottle heaters! LOL!

Now Ford does have a way to download the programming in the computer... if you did not reflash the car to stock then they will obviously see the differences and no you reflashed the car... however if you put the computer back to stock then all they will be able to tell is that the comptuer was reset... again... oops... i killed my battery... LOL!

Hopefully this will put an end to the debate....

 

added this post to the FAQ which nobody reads...

 

Thanks for the info scrming. I'm getting ready to tune mine here as soon as my stuff comes in, so that's some decent piece of mind. Still haven't decided if I'm very worried about the warranty or not yet. I'd like to believe that if they REALLY want to keep my business then they ought to be flexible on mods, but then again fo they really NEED to keep my business. Time will tell. In the mean time though I want more performance so I'm going to mod away LOL...I shall become the Mod Hatter LOL

 

At last, the mystery is finally solved! Good info!

 

..hum...this from the guy who killed his engine..... LOL - just messing with you!

Thanks for the info> That is what I suspected. You are flashing what amounts to flash ROM (like inyour computer, etc.) Its an all or nothing kinda deal. I dont see how it could record how many versions it had.

 

John, Thanks for the info, this should be a sticky by itself, very good stuff.

 

Nice to know...makes me all the more sure to get a tuner and start burning my right tire!

 

Yeah mine has been to the dealer "after puting the factory tune back" and no questions so far.....

A better reasoning for the reset may be that you disconnected it to test the charge it in you battery charger..... sound harmless