HELP! did this SCT 5015 just brick my truck? - Page 3 - Ford F150 Forum

09-30-2014, 10:28 PM

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DavidKR

wait. what?

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Originally Posted by Koolponycar

You have no code on your box under the hood? So the 5015 did record your stock tune and that was a plus but it was trying to load the previous owners tune onto your truck. I believe MPT told me they had so much trouble from one of those models that they were considering stop selling it. There may have been a earlier model of the live wire not sure.

nope, no codes at all. the engineer at SCT was dumbfounded and I am too. it just says M _ _ _ . I'll post a picture of it later. I'm going to be ditching the 5015 for a different model, I think. I don't plan on ever leaving it plugged in any longer than it takes to change tunes, I'm happy with whatever as long as I can load custom tunes. although that will be difficult as well without the code.

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Originally Posted by Beornls

Glad it's fixed for you! I can imagine the stress levels involved when something goes wrong like that.

I was freaking out. I didn't eat for 24 hours and didn't sleep for **** on sunday night lol.

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Originally Posted by mtaswt

so how does the truck run with your new tunes?

I just stuck a canned 87 octane tune on it until I burn through this tank of gas, then I'll switch to 93 and install my Airaid intake. I can't say it feels any faster on 87, but the shifting and throttle response are majorly improved.

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Originally Posted by papa tiger

Obviously the SCT wasn't ready for the 14 strategy. 14 would be different than 13 EB.

no, it definitely wasn't having it. there must have been some lingering data from the last truck remaining even after I thought I had wiped it.

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Originally Posted by one2nine

If you ever buy a used tuner, always wipe out any previouslu stores tunes for this exact reason.

haha I tried my best, but apparently I still failed. I powered it up and told it to reset to factory defaults, and all of the previous owner's custom tunes did disappear when I did that, but evidently the stock file didn't change.

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