Concerned Re: Ford Reflash

[LightningXR6T]

Hi Guys,

I,ve been reading a few threads and it appears that most T owners do have much faith in Ford Australia!

We have only had our T 5 weeks, but the car is 6 mths old. In the last fortnight I've noticed that when cold the engine surges (not always), and twice it has began to idle rough almost to the point of stalling.

I approached Ford here in Newcastle, their response was that there is a software upgrade for the computer. I thought that this sounded great and have booked the car in next monday to have it done. NOTE: car generally drives well, power seems OK, avg fuel 14.5 l/100klm.

Last thing I want/need is a s t fight because the car is comes back worse. I hope to in the next couple of months to purchase a flash tuner and couple of months after that possibly get a custom tune done for it.

Should I tell Ford to forget the upgrade?

[loaded]

Get it done.It sounds like it can't get any worse than what you have now.I had my car flashed and it never missed a beat since,in fact it runs much more consistently in all aspects,idle,surge etc.

[cikas]

ID get the Flash...

I had similar problems and the flash help me out .. Running like a champion now

cikas

[phantomchic]

my phantom was flashed 3000ks ago (for 1st 15k)

I expressed my concern having heard about problems with this, the girl assured me it would go better..

she was spot on ... My beast is heaps better - noticebly and I didn't have probs b4 the first service.

Go for it..

Shazzy

[teebone]

There were some negative experiences with the new calibrations and re-flashes late in 2004. However, the latest update has made a big difference to the quality of my auto shift patterns and it also seems to have more urge. However, I never had an overboost or stalling problem.

[troll]

ID get the Flash...

I had similar problems and the flash help me out .. Running like a champion now 

cikas

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

What he said.

Exact same problem. Dealer flashed it and no further trouble.

[RIPGMH]

Dido fellow rev heads,my xr t was also re-flashed 2 months ago, it now drives better then ever .

[X-WING]

Im told by friend at dealer that once flash has been done you can't go back to old one if no good I say if ain't broke don't fix it

havn't touched mine since show room runs like a dream

[loaded]

Im told by friend at dealer that once flash  has been done you can't go back to old one if no good I say if ain't broke don't fix it

havn't touched mine since show room runs like a dream

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No offence X-Wing but if you had read the original post you would have noticed that he was having some issues with surge and bad idle.So I guess that your theory does not apply here.Good to hear you are one of the rare ones that has had no problems.

[Aeron]

Yeh, get the re-flash. I found it to be quite good for my T. Mine is stock and ran a 14.021 at WSID and its a 5speed.