Alright, I have written the PCM several times with a couple errors before and had no issue loading the tune the second time. But this time Friday night of memorial day weekend I had an error loading a 93 octane performance bama tune for my stock 2008 v6. At 77% my Intune tuner recorded an error and continued to load tune....or at least it tried. It was stuck at 77% for nearly 10 minutes and I unplugged it(gulp).....bad idea?
I think so because now the car won't start. The Pad lock symbol on the dash flashes very fast when trying to write another tune whether its the stock tune or a custom. So WTF? Am I going to have to go to the dealer and get the PCM flashed? Help me!

 

Who wrote your tunes? Have you contacted them?

 

Bama, from americam muscle. Sent them an email along with tech support at diablosport.com. I am sure I wont hear a reply till Tuesday morning.

I tried loading the stock tune again, releasing the vehicle license and reloading my custom tune....but same thing. "An unexpected error occurred" At 77%. After logging the error the device goes right back to the 77% writing screen and just its there with that circle loading thing moving.

Great timing on my part! Holiday weekend.

 

Will disconnecting the battery (+ & -) for long enough reset the PCM to stock?
Because my stock recovery tune is not working. Its my original stock tune from my Intune device. No tune will start the car. Some tunes don't load properly. Some Tunes load but car won't start! AAAAHHHHHHH HELP ME!
PS Im calling diablosport tech support and Bama tech tomorrow morning after I check my emails

 

Oh and I did disconnect the battery three different times. The first time it was the negative cable only for like 30 secs. FAIL. The second time was the negative cable for 35 mins FAIL. The third time is tonite I disconnected the positive and negative and I'm leaving them unhooked all freakin night hoping she'll just start up tomorrow morning/evening (whenever I have time)with its stock tune.

 

Disconnecting the battery won't do it. Sorry.

 

lol. yeah. The Diablosport tech guy even said to try and touch the + and - cables to make sure there is no juice in their because my radio presets were still saved!!!!
Even after touching +-
So I took out the PCM(ECU) and I'm overnighting it tomorrow. Thankfully I have a year warranty on the Intune so it costs me nothing Yay!


As much as this sucks, I know it can be fixed. What I can't fix is a woman.

 

Okay, I got the fed ex package back already! I shipped it out on Thursday morning, Damn that was fast. So Is this newly flashed PCM going to let the car start?
I guess I have to try and hook it up. But what if it still doesn't start? Oh man....I'm scared!

 

guess what? SHE STARTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But its stock. I want to go back to the 93 hybrid tune and back up my stock tune.
I am afraid to use the device again. But I think its the only way I can get a copy of my stock tune because the INTUNE copies the stock tune before you can write a custom tune.