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Old 12-13-2021, 07:02 PM
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Replacing my ECU

So it looks like my ECU went bad, car died while driving and wont start back up. Shop ran a bunch of tests and eventually hooked up an ECU from another car and it started right up. The car is tuned, will i be losing my tune and have to get the car tuned again?

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Originally Posted by auggie2420
So it looks like my ECU went bad, car died while driving and wont start back up. Shop ran a bunch of tests and eventually hooked up an ECU from another car and it started right up. The car is tuned, will i be losing my tune and have to get the car tuned again?
Yea, tunes are Vin locked I beleive
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2014 E63S; AMS 100 octane ecu tune; edok tcu tune; BB intakes; dyno tuned
Originally Posted by auggie2420
So it looks like my ECU went bad, car died while driving and wont start back up. Shop ran a bunch of tests and eventually hooked up an ECU from another car and it started right up. The car is tuned, will i be losing my tune and have to get the car tuned again?
the tune can be transferred by your tune to the new ecu... used ecu is $250
on eBay and they work great I have three of them

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